| Name | CVE-2015-2778 |
| Description | Quassel before 0.12-rc1 uses an incorrect data-type size when splitting a message, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long CTCP query containing only multibyte characters. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 781024 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| quassel (PTS) | buster | 1:0.13.1-1+deb10u2 | fixed |
| bullseye | 1:0.13.1-5 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1:0.14.0-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1:0.14.0-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| quassel | source | squeeze | (not affected) | | | |
| quassel | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| quassel | source | (unstable) | 1:0.10.0-2.3 | | | 781024 |
Notes
[wheezy] - quassel <not-affected> (According to upstream issue isn't triggerable in 0.8)
[squeeze] - quassel <not-affected> (According to upstream issue isn't triggerable in 0.6)
https://github.com/quassel/quassel/commit/b5e38970ffd55e2dd9f706ce75af9a8d7730b1b8
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/20/12