Executive Summary
This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | irssi vulnerability |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-800-1 | First vendor Publication | 2009-07-13 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2009-07-13 |
| 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:N/I:N/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 5 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 2.9 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 10 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Ubuntu 8.10 Ubuntu 9.04 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: Ubuntu 8.10: Ubuntu 9.04: After a standard system upgrade you need to restart irssi to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: It was discovered that irssi did not properly check the length of strings when processing WALLOPS messages. If a user connected to an IRC network where an attacker had IRC operator privileges, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service. |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-800-1 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-189 | Numeric Errors (CWE/SANS Top 25) |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13908 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13908 | ||
| Title: | USN-800-1 -- irssi vulnerability | ||
| Description: | It was discovered that irssi did not properly check the length of strings when processing WALLOPS messages. If a user connected to an IRC network where an attacker had IRC operator privileges, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | USN-800-1 CVE-2009-1959 | Version: | 5 |
| Platform(s): | Ubuntu 8.04 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 6.06 Ubuntu 8.10 | Product(s): | irssi |
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CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
| Type | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 |
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2010-06-25 | Name : Fedora Update for irssi FEDORA-2010-6618 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2010_6618_irssi_fc11.nasl |
| 2009-12-14 | Name : Mandriva Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:133-1 (irssi) File : nvt/mdksa_2009_133_1.nasl |
| 2009-09-15 | Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200909-13 (irssi) File : nvt/glsa_200909_13.nasl |
| 2009-09-02 | Name : Fedora Core 10 FEDORA-2009-7004 (irssi) File : nvt/fcore_2009_7004.nasl |
| 2009-08-17 | Name : Fedora Core 11 FEDORA-2009-7012 (irssi) File : nvt/fcore_2009_7012.nasl |
| 2009-07-29 | Name : Ubuntu USN-799-1 (dbus) File : nvt/ubuntu_799_1.nasl |
| 2009-07-29 | Name : Ubuntu USN-800-1 (irssi) File : nvt/ubuntu_800_1.nasl |
| 2009-07-29 | Name : Ubuntu USN-801-1 (tiff) File : nvt/ubuntu_801_1.nasl |
| 2009-07-29 | Name : Ubuntu USN-802-1 (apache2) File : nvt/ubuntu_802_1.nasl |
| 2009-07-06 | Name : SuSE Security Summary SUSE-SR:2009:012 File : nvt/suse_sr_2009_012.nasl |
| 2009-06-23 | Name : Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:133 (irssi) File : nvt/mdksa_2009_133.nasl |
| 2009-06-19 | Name : Irssi Off-by-one Read/Write DoS Vulnerability (Linux) File : nvt/gb_irssi_dos_vul_lin.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 54977 | irssi fe-common/irc/fe-events.c event_wallops Function Off-by-one Underflow DoS |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2009-09-14 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-200909-13.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2009-09-02 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2009-7004.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2009-08-04 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2009-7012.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2009-07-21 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_11_0_irssi-090615.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2009-07-21 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_11_1_irssi-090615.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2009-07-14 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-800-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2009-06-17 | Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandriva_MDVSA-2009-133.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2009-06-17 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_irssi-6304.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2014-02-17 12:06:06 |
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