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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.131286
Category:Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2016-0166)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'quassel' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2016-0166 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'quassel' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2016-0166 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Updated quassel packages fix security vulnerability:

It was found that quasselcore is vulnerable to a denial of service attack by
unauthenticated clients. The protocol negotiation did not take into account
lack of a match in handshake data, in which case PeerFactory::createPeer
returns a nullptr, which is immediately dereferenced (CVE-2016-4414).

Affected Software/OS:
'quassel' package(s) on Mageia 5.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
5.0

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-4414
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183585.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183571.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183746.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/30/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/30/4
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:1314 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00063.html
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG

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