vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-3465-1 (CVE-2017-15228): Irssi vulnerabilities
Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
---|---|---|---|---|
5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | 2017-10-22 | 2017-10-26 | 2025-04-25 |
Description
Brian Carpenter discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled messages with
invalid time stamps. A malicious IRC server could use this issue to cause
Irssi to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-10965)
Brian Carpenter discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled the internal nick
list. A malicious IRC server could use this issue to cause Irssi to crash,
resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-10966)
Joseph Bisch discovered that Irssi incorrectly removed destroyed channels
from the query list. A malicious IRC server could use this issue to cause
Irssi to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-15227)
Hanno Böck discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled themes. If a user were
tricked into using a malicious theme, a attacker could use this issue to
cause Irssi to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-15228)
Joseph Bisch discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled certain DCC CTCP
messages. A malicious IRC server could use this issue to cause Irssi to
crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-15721)
Joseph Bisch discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled certain channel IDs.
A malicious IRC server could use this issue to cause Irssi to crash,
resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-15722)
Joseph Bisch discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled certain long nicks
or targets. A malicious IRC server could use this issue to cause Irssi to
crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-15723)
Solution

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