CVE-2014-8483

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-8483
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-11-06 15:55:09 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe blowfishECB function in core/cipher.cpp in Quassel IRC 0.10.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a malformed string.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-125 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 12.3 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All
Application Quassel-irc Quassel Irc 0.10.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Advisory SA62035 - Debian update for quassel - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
USN-2401-1: Konversation vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2015:0573-1: moderate: Security update for kdebase4-runtime, af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA62261 - SUSE update for quassel - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
Check for invalid input in encrypted buffers · quassel/quassel@8b5ecd2 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Issue Tracking, Patch
openSUSE-SU-2014:1406-1: moderate: konversation: security and bugfix rel af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
Bug #1314: Crash - Quassel IRC - Quassel IRC Issue Tracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.quassel-irc.org Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3068-1 konversation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2014:1382-1: moderate: quassel: Fixed out-of-bound read af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3063-1 quassel af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA61932 - Quassel IRC Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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