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Debian LTS Advisory ([SECURITY] [DLA 1289-1] 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
It was discovered that there where a number of vulnerabilities in irssi, the terminal based IRC client: - CVE-2018-7050: Null pointer dereference for an 'empty' nick. - CVE-2018-7051: Certain nick names could result in out-of-bounds access when printing theme strings. - CVE-2018-7052: When the number of windows exceeds the available space, a crash could occur due to another NULL pointer dereference.
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 issues have been fixed in irssi version 0.8.15-5+deb7u5. We recommend that you upgrade your irssi packages.