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Debian LTS Advisory ([SECURITY] [DLA 1088-1] irssi security update)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

5.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

6 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

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.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)