USN-4594-1: Quassel vulnerabilities
20 October 2020
Quassel could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic.
Releases
Packages
- quassel - distributed IRC client - monolithic core+client
Details
It was discovered that Quassel incorrectly handled Qdatastream protocol. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2018-1000178)
It was discovered that Quassel incorrectly handled certain login requests.
A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of
service. (CVE-2018-1000179)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 18.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.