SB2017011944 - Fedora EPEL 5 update for irssi

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SB2017011944 - Fedora EPEL 5 update for irssi

Published: January 19, 2017 Updated: April 24, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2017011944
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 3
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

High 33% Medium 67%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5193)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error. A remote attacker can trigger denial of service conditions via a message without a nick.


2) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5194)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error when processing an invalid nick message. A remote attackers can cause a denial of service (crash).

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.


3) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5356)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Irssi before 0.8.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a string containing a formatting sequence (%[) without a closing bracket (]).


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References