NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting quassel package, versions <1:0.12.4-2+deb9u1
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- published8 May 2018
- disclosed8 May 2018
Introduced: 8 May 2018
CVE-2018-1000179 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:9 quassel to version 1:0.12.4-2+deb9u1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream quassel package and not the quassel package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.
A NULL Pointer Dereference of CWE-476 exists in quassel version 0.12.4 in the quasselcore void CoreAuthHandler::handle(const Login &msg) coreauthhandler.cpp line 235 that allows an attacker to cause a denial of service.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-1000179
- https://github.com/quassel/quassel/blob/master/src/core/coreauthhandler.cpp#L236
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1000179
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4189
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201806-04
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4594-1/
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-1000179