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Alpine Linux: CVE-2017-8073: weechat Buffer overflow in the irc_ctcp_dcc_filename_without_quotes function

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2017-8073: weechat Buffer overflow in the irc_ctcp_dcc_filename_without_quotes function

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
04/23/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
09/20/2017
Modified
06/17/2022

Description

WeeChat before 1.7.1 allows a remote crash by sending a filename via DCC to the IRC plugin. This occurs in the irc_ctcp_dcc_filename_without_quotes function during quote removal, with a buffer overflow.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-weechat

References

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