SB2015032410 - Fedora 22 update for quassel



SB2015032410 - Fedora 22 update for quassel

Published: March 24, 2015 Updated: April 24, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2015032410
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-2779)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.

Stack consumption vulnerability in the message splitting functionality in Quassel before 0.12-rc1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uncontrolled recursion) via a crafted massage.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.