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FreeBSD Ports: irssi
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 the system as announced in the referenced advisory.
Insight
Insight
The following packages are affected: irssi zh-irssi irssi-devel CVE-2010-1155 Irssi before 0.8.15, when SSL is used, does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) field or a Subject Alternative Name field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof IRC servers via an arbitrary certificate. CVE-2010-1156 core/nicklist.c in Irssi before 0.8.15 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via vectors related to an attempted fuzzy nick match at the instant that a victim leaves a channel.
Solution
Solution
Update your system with the appropriate patches or software upgrades. http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/57790 http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/57791 http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/3b7967f1-49e8-11df-83fb-0015587e2cc1.html