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Debian LTS Advisory ([SECURITY] [DLA 1088-1] irssi security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
Irssi has some issues where remote attackers might be able to cause a crash. CVE-2017-9468 In irssi, when receiving a DCC message without source nick/host, it attempts to dereference a NULL pointer. CVE-2017-9469 In irssi, when receiving certain incorrectly quoted DCC files, it tries to find the terminating quote one byte before the allocated memory.
Affected Software
Affected Software
irssi on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 0.8.15-5+deb7u2. We recommend that you upgrade your irssi packages.