USN-2401-1: Konversation vulnerability
Publication date
10 November 2014
Overview
Konversation could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network traffic.
Releases
Packages
- konversation - Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client for KDE
Details
Manuel Nickschas discovered that Konversation did not properly perform
input sanitization when using Blowfish ECB encryption. A remote attacker
could exploit this to cause a denial of service.
Manuel Nickschas discovered that Konversation did not properly perform
input sanitization when using Blowfish ECB encryption. A remote attacker
could exploit this to cause a denial of service.
Update instructions
After a standard system update you need to restart Konversation to make all the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
| Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 12.04 precise | konversation – 1.4-1ubuntu2.1 | ||
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