usn-3465-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2017-10-26 17:09
Modified
2026-04-22 07:36
Summary
irssi vulnerabilities
Details

Brian Carpenter discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled messages with invalid time stamps. A malicious IRC server could use this issue to cause Irssi to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-10965)

Brian Carpenter discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled the internal nick list. A malicious IRC server could use this issue to cause Irssi to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-10966)

Joseph Bisch discovered that Irssi incorrectly removed destroyed channels from the query list. A malicious IRC server could use this issue to cause Irssi to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-15227)

Hanno Böck discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled themes. If a user were tricked into using a malicious theme, a attacker could use this issue to cause Irssi to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-15228)

Joseph Bisch discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled certain DCC CTCP messages. A malicious IRC server could use this issue to cause Irssi to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-15721)

Joseph Bisch discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled certain channel IDs. A malicious IRC server could use this issue to cause Irssi to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-15722)

Joseph Bisch discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled certain long nicks or targets. A malicious IRC server could use this issue to cause Irssi to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-15723)

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  "id": "USN-3465-1",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:34Z",
  "published": "2017-10-26T17:09:16Z",
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    },
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    },
    {
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    {
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
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  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "irssi vulnerabilities",
  "upstream": [
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-10965",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-10966",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15227",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15228",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15721",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15722",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15723"
  ]
}



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