Vulnerability from csaf_opensuse
Published
2016-10-07 13:29
Modified
2016-10-07 13:29
Summary
Security update for irssi

Notes

Title of the patch
Security update for irssi
Description of the patch
The IRC client irssi was updated to 0.8.20, fixing various bugs and security issues. * CVE-2016-7044: The unformat_24bit_color function in the format parsing code in Irssi, when compiled with true-color enabled, allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap corruption and crash) via an incomplete 24bit color code. * CVE-2016-7045: The format_send_to_gui function in the format parsing code in Irssi allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap corruption and crash) via vectors involving the length of a string. See https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2016.txt for more details. * CVE-2016-7553: A information disclosure vulnerability in irssi buf.pl See https://irssi.org/2016/09/22/buf.pl-update/ for more information.
Patchnames
5661
Terms of use
CSAF 2.0 data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0).


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  • Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.