MGASA-2017-0185: irssi Mageia

CVSS: UnknownPublished
Published 26-06-2017Last modified 16-04-2026
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Vulnerability summary

MGASA-2017-0185 is a vulnerability in irssi Mageia with no CVSS score yet.

Overall risk
0/100
0100
Minimal · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
Not scored
010
No CVSS score recorded
EPSS score
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0%100%
No EPSS score yet
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 2 · Downstream 0
CVE-2017-9468CVE-2017-9469

Timeline

  1. 26-06-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Updated irssi packages fix security vulnerabilities It was discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled certain DCC messages. A malicious IRC server could use this issue to cause Irssi to crash, resulting in a denial of service (CVE-2017-9468). Joseph Bisch discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled receiving incorrectly quoted DCC files. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Irssi to crash, resulting in a denial of service (CVE-2017-9469).

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Public exploits

0 found

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Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

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Affected systems

Mageia1 product
  • irssi< 0.8.21-1.1.mga5

1 vendor · 1 product

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