Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | Irssi vulnerabilities |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-3527-1 | First vendor Publication | 2018-01-10 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2018-01-10 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | N/A |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 7.5 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 6.4 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 10 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 17.10 - Ubuntu 17.04 - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Irssi. Software Description: - irssi: terminal based IRC client Details: 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. (CVE-2018-5205) 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. (CVE-2018-5206) Joseph Bisch discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled incomplete variable arguments. 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. (CVE-2018-5207) Joseph Bisch discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled completing certain strings. An attacker could use this issue to cause Irssi to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-5208) Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 17.10: Ubuntu 17.04: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: After a standard system update you need to restart Irssi to make all the necessary changes. References: Package Information: |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3527-1 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 50 % | CWE-134 | Uncontrolled Format String (CWE/SANS Top 25) |
| 25 % | CWE-476 | NULL Pointer Dereference |
| 25 % | CWE-119 | Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2018-04-02 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-4162.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2018-01-18 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2018-bc08435961.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2018-01-18 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2018-c4e4935e01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2018-01-09 | Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update. File : Slackware_SSA_2018-008-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2018-01-08 | Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update. File : freebsd_pkg_a3764767f31e11e795f2005056925db4.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
|---|---|
| 2018-01-24 21:24:12 |
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| 2018-01-10 17:20:41 |
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