Upstream information

CVE-2017-15923 at MITRE

Description

Konversation 1.4.x, 1.5.x, 1.6.x, and 1.7.x before 1.7.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors related to parsing of IRC color formatting codes.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 5
Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 7.5 5.3
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector Network Network
Attack Complexity Low Low
Privileges Required None None
User Interaction None None
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None None
Integrity Impact None None
Availability Impact High Low
CVSSv3 Version 3 3
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1068097 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

    openSUSE-SU-2017:3097-1 openSUSE-SU-2017:3099-1

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
openSUSE Leap 15.0
  • konversation >= 1.7.4-lp150.2.1
  • konversation-lang >= 1.7.4-lp150.2.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE Leap 15.0 GA konversation-1.7.4-lp150.2.1
openSUSE Leap 15.2
  • konversation >= 1.7.5-lp152.3.4
  • konversation-lang >= 1.7.5-lp152.3.4
 Patchnames:
openSUSE Leap 15.2 GA konversation-1.7.5-lp152.3.14
openSUSE Leap 15.3
  • konversation >= 1.7.5-bp153.1.25
  • konversation-lang >= 1.7.5-bp153.1.25
 Patchnames:
openSUSE Leap 15.3 GA konversation-1.7.5-bp153.1.25
openSUSE Leap 15.4
  • konversation >= 21.12.3-bp154.1.33
  • konversation-lang >= 21.12.3-bp154.1.33
 Patchnames:
openSUSE Leap 15.4 GA konversation-21.12.3-bp154.1.33
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • konversation >= 21.08.1-1.2
  • konversation-lang >= 21.08.1-1.2
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-10898

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Nov 14 02:00:19 2017
CVE page last modified: Sat Nov 1 20:49:47 2025