Debian Security Advisory
DSA-4189-1 quassel -- security update
- Date Reported:
- 02 May 2018
- Affected Packages:
- quassel
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2018-1000178, CVE-2018-1000179.
- More information:
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Two vulnerabilities were found in the Quassel IRC client, which could result in the execution of arbitrary code or denial of service.
Note that you need to restart the
quasselcore
service after upgrading the Quassel packages.For the oldstable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 1:0.10.0-2.3+deb8u4.
For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 1:0.12.4-2+deb9u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your quassel packages.
For the detailed security status of quassel please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/quassel