CVE-2015-2778

Quassel before 0.12-rc1 uses an incorrect data-type size when splitting a message, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long CTCP query containing only multibyte characters.

Published Bycve@mitre.org

Published DateApr 10, 2015, 15:00

Weakness Type (CWE):CWE-399

CVSS Metrics

Base Score

Vector String

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Base Severity

Version

2.0

Attack Vector (AV)

Attack Complexity (AC)

Privileges Required (PR)

User Interaction (UI)

Scope (S)

Confidentiality (C)

NONE

Integrity (I)

NONE

Availability (A)

PARTIAL

References

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/73305
https://github.com/quassel/quassel/commit/b5e38970ffd55e2dd9f706ce75af9a8d7730b1b8

Weakness Type (CWE):CWE-399

CVSS Metrics

Base Score

Vector String

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Base Severity

Version

2.0

Attack Vector (AV)

Attack Complexity (AC)

Privileges Required (PR)

User Interaction (UI)

Scope (S)

Confidentiality (C)

NONE

Integrity (I)

NONE

Availability (A)

PARTIAL