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SUSE: CVE-2017-15923: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2017-15923: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
10/27/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/27/2017
Modified
06/20/2021

Description

Konversation 1.4.x, 1.5.x, 1.6.x, and 1.7.x before 1.7.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors related to parsing of IRC color formatting codes.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-konversation
  • suse-upgrade-konversation-lang

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