CVE-2018-5206

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Debian Security Advisory 4162-1

Posted Apr 1, 2018

Authored by Debian | Site debian.org

Debian Linux Security Advisory 4162-1 - Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Irssi, a terminal-based IRC client which can result in denial of service.

tags | advisory, denial of service, vulnerability

systems | linux, debian

advisories | CVE-2018-5205, CVE-2018-5206, CVE-2018-5207, CVE-2018-5208, CVE-2018-7050, CVE-2018-7051, CVE-2018-7052, CVE-2018-7053, CVE-2018-7054

SHA-256 | 8032f5c6ddc99bc36cac020d93f4356d425063495e9d3c839fbce301a119c845

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3527-1

Posted Jan 11, 2018

Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Security Notice 3527-1 - Joseph Bisch discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled incomplete escape codes. If a user were tricked into using malformed commands or opening malformed files, an attacker could use this issue to cause Irssi to crash, resulting in a denial of service. Joseph Bisch discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled settings the channel topic without specifying a sender. A malicious IRC server could use this issue to cause Irssi to crash, resulting in a denial of service. Various other issues were also addressed.

tags | advisory, denial of service

systems | linux, ubuntu

advisories | CVE-2018-5205, CVE-2018-5206, CVE-2018-5207, CVE-2018-5208

SHA-256 | b2e9a71756d5b11b35c7c174fb15cae2d4c4ff27170f2e36a05fde4350c800a0

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Slackware Security Advisory - irssi Updates

Posted Jan 10, 2018

Authored by Slackware Security Team | Site slackware.com

Slackware Security Advisory - New irssi packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix security issues.

tags | advisory

systems | linux, slackware

advisories | CVE-2018-5205, CVE-2018-5206, CVE-2018-5207, CVE-2018-5208

SHA-256 | 4489cd71a5ef8912e23b5f4d1c1772857ab325f60226dc1f82a59f9efe07e4d0

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