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CVE-2013-4422

Published: 23 October 2013

SQL injection vulnerability in Quassel IRC before 0.9.1, when Qt 4.8.5 or later and PostgreSQL 8.2 or later are used, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via a \ (backslash) in a message.

Notes

AuthorNote
jdstrand
per upstream, "This bug was a introduced due to a bugfix in Qt 4.8.5
disables slash escaping when binding queries:
https://bugreports.qt-project.org/browse/QTBUG-30076
Ubuntu 13.04 and earlier do not have Qt 4.8.5

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
quassel
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
lucid Ignored
(end of life)
precise Not vulnerable

quantal Not vulnerable

raring Not vulnerable

upstream Needs triage

Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/quassel/quassel/commit/27f6692cfc3bd2e873e01096e1197e1dca07b36a