CVE-2015-2779 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Quassel IRC client via uncontrolled recursion in message splitting.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2015-2779?
CVE-2015-2779 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 10 Apr 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-2779?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Quassel-Irc Quassel.
How do I fix CVE-2015-2779?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2015-2779 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-2779 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-2779, GHSA-946w-76jw-c597, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-2779.