Out-of-bounds Read Affecting konversation package, versions <1.5-2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.58% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-KONVERSATION-307787
  • published6 Nov 2014
  • disclosed6 Nov 2014

Introduced: 6 Nov 2014

CVE-2014-8483  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 konversation to version 1.5-2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream konversation package and not the konversation package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

The blowfishECB function in core/cipher.cpp in Quassel IRC 0.10.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a malformed string.

CVSS Scores

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