=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1230-1
October 14, 2011

quassel vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 11.04
- Ubuntu 10.10
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary:

An unprivileged user could read files in the data and logging directories,
including an automatically generated SSL certificate, used by the quasselcore
daemon.

Software Description:
- quassel: KDE/Qt-based IRC client

Details:

Felix Geyer discovered that the quassel-core post installation script created
data and logging directories which were readable by all users. The post
installation script also generated a certificate, in the data directory, which
was readable by all users.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 11.04:
  quassel-core                    0.7.2-0ubuntu2.3

Ubuntu 10.10:
  quassel-core                    0.7.1-0ubuntu1.2

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  quassel-core                    0.6.1-0ubuntu1.3

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1230-1
  https://launchpad.net/bugs/846922

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/quassel/0.7.2-0ubuntu2.3
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/quassel/0.7.1-0ubuntu1.2
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/quassel/0.6.1-0ubuntu1.3

Ubuntu 1230-1: Quassel vulnerability

October 14, 2011
An unprivileged user could read files in the data and logging directories,including an automatically generated SSL certificate, used by the quasselcoredaemon.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 11.04: quassel-core 0.7.2-0ubuntu2.3 Ubuntu 10.10: quassel-core 0.7.1-0ubuntu1.2 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: quassel-core 0.6.1-0ubuntu1.3 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1230-1

https://launchpad.net/bugs/846922

Severity
October 14, 2011

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/quassel/0.7.2-0ubuntu2.3 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/quassel/0.7.1-0ubuntu1.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/quassel/0.6.1-0ubuntu1.3

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