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CVE-2015-3427

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2015-05-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-89

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.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 8.0
• Quassel-Irc Quassel: through 0.12.1

References

• http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3258
• http://www.quassel-irc.org/node/127
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74339
• http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3258
• http://www.quassel-irc.org/node/127
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74339

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