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Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for irssi (EulerOS-SA-2019-2477)
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 for the Huawei EulerOS 'irssi' package(s) announced via the EulerOS-SA-2019-2477 advisory.
Insight
Insight
In Irssi before 1.0.6, a calculation error in the completion code could cause a heap buffer overflow when completing certain strings.(CVE-2018-5208) When using incomplete escape codes, Irssi before 1.0.6 may access data beyond the end of the string.(CVE-2018-5205) When the channel topic is set without specifying a sender, Irssi before 1.0.6 may dereference a NULL pointer.(CVE-2018-5206) When using an incomplete variable argument, Irssi before 1.0.6 may access data beyond the end of the string.(CVE-2018-5207) The nickcmp function in Irssi before 0.8.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a message without a nick.(CVE-2017-5193) Use-after-free vulnerability in Irssi before 0.8.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an invalid nick message.(CVE-2017-5194) Irssi before 0.8.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a string containing a formatting sequence (%[) without a closing bracket (]).(CVE-2017-5356) In Irssi before 1.0.3, when receiving a DCC message without source nick/host, it attempts to dereference a NULL pointer. Thus, remote IRC servers can cause a crash.(CVE-2017-9468) In Irssi before 1.0.3, when receiving certain incorrectly quoted DCC files, it tries to find the terminating quote one byte before the allocated memory. Thus, remote attackers might be able to cause a crash.(CVE-2017-9469) An issue was discovered in Irssi before 1.0.4. When receiving messages with invalid time stamps, Irssi would try to dereference a NULL pointer.(CVE-2017-10965) An issue was discovered in Irssi before 1.0.4. While updating the internal nick list, Irssi could incorrectly use the GHashTable interface and free the nick while updating it. This would then result in use-after-free conditions on each access of the hash table.(CVE-2017-10966)
Affected Software
Affected Software
'irssi' package(s) on Huawei EulerOS V2.0SP2.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Please install the updated package(s).