Secunia Security Advisory - A vulnerability has been reported in Quassel IRC, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
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TITLE:
Quassel IRC Core CTCP Processing Denial of Service Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA45870
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RELEASE DATE:
2011-09-10
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DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Quassel IRC, which can be
exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the
"CtcpParser::packedReply()" method (src/core/ctcpparser.cpp) when
processing Client-To-Client Protocol (CTCP) messages. This can be
exploited to crash the central core process resulting in loss of IRC
service for distributed clients.
The vulnerability is reported in version 0.7.2. Other versions may
also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Fixed in the GIT repository.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://bugs.quassel-irc.org/issues/1095
http://git.quassel-irc.org/?p=quassel.git;a=commit;h=da215fcb9cd3096a3e223c87577d5d4ab8f8518b
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