CVE-2015-3427

high

Published 2015-05-14 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.5

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	8.0	affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`1:0.10.0-2.4`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`1:0.10.0-2.4`
debian	forky	fixed	`1:0.10.0-2.4`
debian	sid	fixed	`1:0.10.0-2.4`
debian	trixie	fixed	`1:0.10.0-2.4`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
quassel-irc	quassel	`{"endIncluding":"0.12.1"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-89

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.