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Debian Security Advisory DSA 157-1 (irssi-text)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to irssi-text announced via advisory DSA 157-1.
Insight
Insight
The IRC client irssi is vulnerable to a denial of service condition. The problem occurs when a user attempts to join a channel that has an overly long topic description. When a certain string is appended to the topic, irssi will crash. This problem has been fixed in version 0.8.4-3.1 for the current stable stable distribution (woody) and in version 0.8.5-2 for the unstable distribution (sid). The old stable distribution (potato) is not affected, since the corresponding portions of code are not present. The same applies to irssi-gnome and irssi-gtk, which don't seem to be affected as well. We recommend that you upgrade your irssi-text package.
Solution
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20157-1