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Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2016-7553: Vulnerability in Irssi

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Feb 27, 2017
Added
Oct 19, 2018
Modified
Feb 17, 2022

Description

The buf.pl script before 2.20 in Irssi before 0.8.20 uses weak permissions for the scrollbuffer dump file created between upgrades, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information from private chat conversations by reading the file.

Solution

oracle-solaris-11-4-upgrade-entire-11-4-11-4-0-0-1-15-0
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