Debian Security Advisory
DSA-3885-1 irssi -- security update
- Date Reported:
- 18 Jun 2017
- Affected Packages:
- irssi
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 864400.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2017-9468, CVE-2017-9469. - More information:
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Irssi, a terminal based IRC client. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:
- CVE-2017-9468
Joseph Bisch discovered that Irssi does not properly handle DCC messages without source nick/host. A malicious IRC server can take advantage of this flaw to cause Irssi to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
- CVE-2017-9469
Joseph Bisch discovered that Irssi does not properly handle receiving incorrectly quoted DCC files. A remote attacker can take advantage of this flaw to cause Irssi to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
For the oldstable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 0.8.17-1+deb8u4.
For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 1.0.2-1+deb9u1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 1.0.3-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your irssi packages.
- CVE-2017-9468