{"id":"MGASA-2014-0437","summary":"Updated konversation package fixes security vulnerability","details":"Due to and out-of-bounds read issue in Konversation in The ECB Blowfish\ndecryption function, a malicious client can cause either denial of service or\ndisclosure of information from process memory by using an improperly formed\nmessage (CVE-2014-8483).\n","modified":"2026-04-16T06:22:47.220786680Z","published":"2014-10-29T11:30:40Z","upstream":["CVE-2014-8483"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0437.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14385"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=210792"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/26/1"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"konversation","ecosystem":"Mageia:3","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/konversation?arch=source&distro=mageia-3"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.5-0.rc1.2.mga3"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0437.json"}},{"package":{"name":"konversation","ecosystem":"Mageia:4","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/konversation?arch=source&distro=mageia-4"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.5-0.rc1.3.mga4"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0437.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}