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TITLE:
Quassel IRC "PRIVMSG" Denial of Service Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA41528

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RELEASE DATE:
2010-09-25

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DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Quassel IRC, which can be
exploited by malicious users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to the application responding with
multiple "NOTICE" commands to multiple CTCP requests sent via a
"PRIVMSG" command and can be exploited to disrupt the IRC service.

The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 0.6.3 and 0.7.1.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 0.6.3 or 0.7.1.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Jima.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://quassel-irc.org/node/115
http://bugs.quassel-irc.org/issues/1023
http://bugs.quassel-irc.org/issues/1024

OTHER REFERENCES:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

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http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

EXTENDED DESCRIPTION:
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http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

EXTENDED SOLUTION:
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http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

EXPLOIT:
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http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

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