MGASA-2018-0243

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    MGASA-2018-0243

    Published: 16 May 2018Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated quassel packages fix security vulnerabilities

    Details: A heap corruption exists in quassel version 0.12.4 in quasselcore that allows an attacker to execute code remotely (CVE-2018-1000178). A NULL Pointer Dereference exists in quassel version 0.12.4 in the quasselcore that allows an atacker to denial of service by attempting a login when the database is not initialized (CVE-2018-1000179). The Mageia 5 package has been patched to fix these issues and the Mageia 6 package has been upgraded to version 0.12.5, which also has other fixes and improvements.

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0243.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22957, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/05/01/1, https://quassel-irc.org/node/130

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: quassel

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.10.1-5.3.mga5

    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
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High