cve-2009-1959
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2009-06-06 18:00
Modified
2024-08-07 05:36
Severity ?
Summary
Off-by-one error in the event_wallops function in fe-common/irc/fe-events.c in irssi 0.8.13 allows remote IRC servers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an empty command, which triggers a one-byte buffer under-read and a one-byte buffer underflow.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://bugs.irssi.org/index.php?do=details&task_id=662Exploit, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/35685
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/35812
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/36152
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.irssi.org/ChangeLogExploit, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:133
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/29/3
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35399
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022410
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-800-1
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1596
cve@mitre.orghttp://xorl.wordpress.com/2009/05/28/irssi-event_wallops-off-by-one-readwrite/Exploit
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51184
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00146.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.irssi.org/index.php?do=details&task_id=662Exploit, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/35685
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/35812
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/36152
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.irssi.org/ChangeLogExploit, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:133
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/29/3
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35399
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022410
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-800-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1596
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://xorl.wordpress.com/2009/05/28/irssi-event_wallops-off-by-one-readwrite/Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51184
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00146.html
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