========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1230-1 October 14, 2011 quassel vulnerability ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 11.04 - Ubuntu 10.10 - Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Summary: An unprivileged user could read files in the data and logging directories, including an automatically generated SSL certificate, used by the quasselcore daemon. Software Description: - quassel: KDE/Qt-based IRC client Details: Felix Geyer discovered that the quassel-core post installation script created data and logging directories which were readable by all users. The post installation script also generated a certificate, in the data directory, which was readable by all users. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 11.04: quassel-core 0.7.2-0ubuntu2.3 Ubuntu 10.10: quassel-core 0.7.1-0ubuntu1.2 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: quassel-core 0.6.1-0ubuntu1.3 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1230-1 https://launchpad.net/bugs/846922 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/quassel/0.7.2-0ubuntu2.3 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/quassel/0.7.1-0ubuntu1.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/quassel/0.6.1-0ubuntu1.3