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FreeBSD: VID-31001C6B-63E7-11E7-85AA-A4BADB2F4699 (CVE-2017-10966): irssi -- multiple vulnerabilities

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FreeBSD: VID-31001C6B-63E7-11E7-85AA-A4BADB2F4699 (CVE-2017-10966): irssi -- multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
07/05/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
07/08/2017
Modified
05/03/2019

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)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-irssi

References

  • DSA-4016
  • CVE-2017-10966
  • USN-3465-1

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