vulnerability
Arch Linux: Denial of service (CVE-2017-5193)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Mar 3, 2017 | Jul 11, 2025 | Nov 27, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Mar 3, 2017
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Nov 27, 2025
Description
A NULL pointer dereference has been discovered in the nickcmp function leading to application crash.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
- CVE-2017-5193
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2017-5193
- URL-http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/05/2
- URL-http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/06/1
- URL-http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95310
- URL-https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_01.txt
- URL-https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00022.html
- URL-https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201701-14
- URL-https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-45
- CWE-476
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