SB2015051315 - Resource management error in quassel (Alpine package)
Published: May 13, 2015
Security Bulletin ID
SB2015051315
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-2779)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
Stack consumption vulnerability in the message splitting functionality in Quassel before 0.12-rc1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uncontrolled recursion) via a crafted massage.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.