Bug 14384

Summary:	quassel new security issue CVE-2014-8483
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	David Walser <luigiwalser>
Component:	Security	Assignee:	QA Team <qa-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:	Sec team <security>
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal	CC:	rverschelde, sysadmin-bugs
Version:	4	Keywords:	validated_update
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	i586
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://lwn.net/Vulnerabilities/618455/
Whiteboard:	MGA3TOO MGA3-32-OK MGA3-64-OK MGA4-32-OK advisory
Source RPM:	quassel-0.9.2-1.mga4.src.rpm	CVE:
Status comment:

Description David Walser 2014-10-27 10:40:47 CET

A CVE has been assigned for a security issue fixed upstream on October 26:
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/26/1

Patched packages uploaded for Mageia 3, Mageia 4, and Cauldron.

Advisory:
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Updated quassel packages fix security vulnerability:

Due to and out-of-bounds read issue in Quassel core in The ECB Blowfish
decryption function, a malicious client can cause either denial of service or
disclosure of information from process memory by using an improperly formed
message (CVE-2014-8483).

References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8483
http://bugs.quassel-irc.org/issues/1314
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/26/1
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Updated packages in core/updates_testing:
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quassel-0.9.2-1.1.mga3
quassel-common-0.9.2-1.1.mga3
quassel-client-0.9.2-1.1.mga3
quassel-core-0.9.2-1.1.mga3
quassel-0.9.2-1.1.mga4
quassel-common-0.9.2-1.1.mga4
quassel-client-0.9.2-1.1.mga4
quassel-core-0.9.2-1.1.mga4

from SRPMS:
quassel-0.9.2-1.1.mga3.src.rpm
quassel-0.9.2-1.1.mga4.src.rpm

Reproducible: 

Steps to Reproduce:

David Walser 2014-10-27 10:40:53 CET

Whiteboard: (none) => MGA3TOO

Comment 1 David Walser 2014-10-27 20:40:48 CET

Updated quassel working fine here at work, Mageia 3 i586.

Whiteboard: MGA3TOO => MGA3TOO MGA3-32-OK

Comment 2 Rémi Verschelde 2014-10-28 13:40:13 CET

Testing complete Mageia 3 x86_64.

CC: (none) => remi
Whiteboard: MGA3TOO MGA3-32-OK => MGA3TOO MGA3-32-OK MGA3-64-OK

Comment 3 Rémi Verschelde 2014-10-28 14:00:51 CET

Advisory uploaded.

Whiteboard: MGA3TOO MGA3-32-OK MGA3-64-OK => MGA3TOO MGA3-32-OK MGA3-64-OK advisory

Comment 4 David Walser 2014-10-28 14:05:40 CET

Updated quassel working fine on Mageia 4 i586.

Whiteboard: MGA3TOO MGA3-32-OK MGA3-64-OK advisory => MGA3TOO MGA3-32-OK MGA3-64-OK MGA4-32-OK advisory

Comment 5 Rémi Verschelde 2014-10-29 09:52:22 CET

Validating.

Keywords: (none) => validated_update
CC: (none) => sysadmin-bugs

Comment 6 Mageia Robot 2014-10-29 12:31:28 CET

An update for this issue has been pushed to Mageia Updates repository.

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0436.html

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => FIXED

David Walser 2014-10-29 18:19:04 CET

URL: (none) => http://lwn.net/Vulnerabilities/618455/