vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-5258-1 (CVE-2017-14727): WeeChat vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Sep 23, 2017 | Mar 22, 2023 | Apr 25, 2025 |
Description
Stuart Nevans Locke discovered that WeeChat's relay plugin insecurely handled
malformed websocket frames. A remote attacker in control of a server
could possibly use this issue to cause denial of service in a client.
(CVE-2021-40516)
Stuart Nevans Locke discovered that WeeChat insecurely handled certain
IRC messages. A remote attacker in control of a server could possibly use
this issue to cause denial of service in a client. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 16.04 ESM and Ubuntu 18.04 ESM. (CVE-2020-9760)
Stuart Nevans Locke discovered that WeeChat insecurely handled certain
IRC messages. A remote unauthenticated attacker could possibly use these
issues to cause denial of service in a client. These issues only affected
Ubuntu 16.04 ESM and Ubuntu 18.04 ESM. (CVE-2020-9759, CVE-2020-8955)
Joseph Bisch discovered that WeeChat's logger incorrectly handled certain
memory operations when handling log file names. A remote attacker could possibly
use this issue to cause denial of service in a client. This issue only
affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2017-14727)
Solution(s)
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