USN-3184-1: irssi Ubuntu

Vulnerability summary

USN-3184-1 is a vulnerability in irssi Ubuntu with no CVSS score yet.

Timeline

1. 01-02-2017
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 22-04-2026
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

irssi vulnerabilities It was discovered that the Irssi buf.pl script set incorrect permissions. A local attacker could use this issue to retrieve another user's window contents. (CVE-2016-7553) Joseph Bisch discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled comparing nicks. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Irssi to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-5193) It was discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled invalid nick messages. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Irssi to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-5194) Joseph Bisch discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled certain incomplete control codes. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Irssi to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.10. (CVE-2017-5195) Hanno Böck and Joseph Bisch discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled certain incomplete character sequences. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Irssi to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.10. (CVE-2017-5196) Hanno Böck discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled certain format strings. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Irssi to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-5356)

No weakness data has been published for this record.