MGASA-2016-0166

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    MGASA-2016-0166

    Published: 5 May 2016Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-4414

    Summary: Updated quassel packages fix CVE-2016-4414

    Details: Updated quassel packages fix security vulnerability: It was found that quasselcore is vulnerable to a denial of service attack by unauthenticated clients. The protocol negotiation did not take into account lack of a match in handshake data, in which case PeerFactory::createPeer returns a nullptr, which is immediately dereferenced (CVE-2016-4414).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0166.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18324, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/30/4

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: quassel

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/quassel?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.10.1-5.2.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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