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Alpine Linux: CVE-2017-10966: irssi Multiple issues

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2017-10966: irssi Multiple issues

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
07/07/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
09/20/2017
Modified
12/04/2019

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-irssi

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