Mageia alert MGASA-2018-0243 (quassel)

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[updates-announce] MGASA-2018-0243: Updated quassel packages fix security vulnerabilities 
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Wed, 16 May 2018 10:25:55 +0200
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MGASA-2018-0243 - Updated quassel packages fix security vulnerabilities

Publication date: 16 May 2018
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0243.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 5, 6
CVE: CVE-2018-1000178,
     CVE-2018-1000179

Description:
A heap corruption exists in quassel version 0.12.4 in quasselcore that
allows an attacker to execute code remotely (CVE-2018-1000178).

A NULL Pointer Dereference exists in quassel version 0.12.4 in the
quasselcore that allows an atacker to denial of service by attempting a
login when the database is not initialized (CVE-2018-1000179).

The Mageia 5 package has been patched to fix these issues and the
Mageia 6 package has been upgraded to version 0.12.5, which also has
other fixes and improvements.

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22957
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/05/01/1
- https://quassel-irc.org/node/130
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1...
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1...

SRPMS:
- 5/core/quassel-0.10.1-5.3.mga5
- 6/core/quassel-0.12.5-1.mga6