SQL Injection in Quassel-Irc Quassel

CVE-2015-3427

Quassel before 0.12.2 does not properly re-initialize the database session when the PostgreSQL database is restarted, which allows remote attackers to conduct SQL injection attacks via a \ (backslash) in a message. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-4422.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

EPSS: 0.020 (78.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Quassel-irc Quassel
Debian Debian_linux — versions 8.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)