MGASA-2014-0436

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    MGASA-2014-0436

    Published: 29 Oct 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-8483

    Summary: Updated quassel packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: Due to and out-of-bounds read issue in Quassel core in The ECB Blowfish decryption function, a malicious client can cause either denial of service or disclosure of information from process memory by using an improperly formed message (CVE-2014-8483).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0436.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14384, http://bugs.quassel-irc.org/issues/1314, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/26/1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: quassel

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/quassel?arch=source&distro=mageia-3

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.9.2-1.1.mga3

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High