CVE-2021-34825 describes a vulnerability in Quassel versions up to 0.13.1 where, despite the --require-ssl flag being enabled, the application launches without SSL/TLS if a valid X.509 certificate is absent. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) allows unencrypted communication, potentially exposing sensitive data, and affects various Fedora and Quassel IRC distributions. While the attack complexity is low and no user interaction is required, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this flaw.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.13.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:quassel-irc:quassel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
33CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
34CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.