Resource management error - CVE-2015-2779
Published: April 10, 2015 / Updated: August 4, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33651
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-2779
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor:
Affected software:
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2015-2779
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/163054.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/158666.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00018.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/20/12
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/27/11
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/28/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74048
- https://github.com/quassel/quassel/commit/b5e38970ffd55e2dd9f706ce75af9a8d7730b1b8