vulnerability

SUSE: CVE-2016-7553: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Oct 13, 2016
Added
Nov 3, 2016
Modified
Feb 4, 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.

Solutions

suse-upgrade-irssisuse-upgrade-irssi-devel
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