An issue was discovered in Irssi before 1.0.7 and 1.1.x before 1.1.1. Certain nick names could result in out-of-bounds access when printing theme strings.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - irssi: heap buffer overflow due to calculation error in the completion code (CVE-2018-5208)

  - The buf.pl script before 2.20 in Irssi before 0.8.20 uses weak permissions for the scrollbuffer dump file     created between upgrades, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information from private chat     conversations by reading the file. (CVE-2016-7553)

  - An issue was discovered in Irssi before 1.0.4. When receiving messages with invalid time stamps, Irssi     would try to dereference a NULL pointer. (CVE-2017-10965)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - irssi: heap buffer overflow due to calculation error in the completion code (CVE-2018-5208)

  - The buf.pl script before 2.20 in Irssi before 0.8.20 uses weak permissions for the scrollbuffer dump file     created between upgrades, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information from private chat     conversations by reading the file. (CVE-2016-7553)

  - An issue was discovered in Irssi before 1.0.4. When receiving messages with invalid time stamps, Irssi     would try to dereference a NULL pointer. (CVE-2017-10965)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

New irssi packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and
-current to fix security issues.

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Irssi, a terminal-based IRC client which can result in denial of service.

It was discovered that there was an issue in the irssi IRC client where certain nick names could result in out-of-bounds access when printing theme strings.

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', this issue has been fixed in irssi version 0.8.15-5+deb7u6. It was incorrectly missing from the upload of 0.8.15-5+deb7u5 announced as part of DLA-1289-1. Thanks to Ben Hutchings and Matus Uhlhar.

We recommend that you upgrade your irssi packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

According to the versions of the irssi package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - An issue was discovered in Irssi before 1.0.7 and 1.1.x     before 1.1.1. A NULL pointer dereference occurs for an     'empty' nick.i1/4^ CVE-2018-7050i1/4%0

  - An issue was discovered in Irssi before 1.0.7 and 1.1.x     before 1.1.1. Certain nick names could result in     out-of-bounds access when printing theme     strings.i1/4^CVE-2018-7051i1/4%0

  - An issue was discovered in Irssi before 1.0.7 and 1.1.x     before 1.1.1. When the number of windows exceeds the     available space, a crash due to a NULL pointer     dereference would occur.i1/4^CVE-2018-7052i1/4%0

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3590-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled certain empty nick names. An attacker could possibly use     this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2018-7050)

    It was discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled certain nick names. An attacker could possibly use this     to access sensitive information. (CVE-2018-7051)

    It was discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled an increase in the number of windows. An attacker could     possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2018-7052)

    It was discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled certain messages. An attacker could possibly use this     issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS     and Ubuntu 17.10. (CVE-2018-7053)

    It was discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled certain disconnections. An attacker could possibly use     this to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 17.10.
    (CVE-2018-7054)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

This is new version fixing multiple vulnerabilities: CVE-2018-7050, CVE-2018-7051, CVE-2018-7052, CVE-2018-7053, CVE-2018-7054.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

This update for irssi fixes the following security issues :

  - CVE-2018-7054: Use after free when server is     disconnected during netsplits

  - CVE-2018-7053: Use after free when SASL messages are     received in unexpected order

  - CVE-2018-7050: NULL pointer dereference when an 'empty'     nick has been observed

  - CVE-2018-7052: When the number of windows exceed the     available space, Irssi would crash due to NULL pointer     dereference

  - CVE-2018-7051: Certain nick names could result in out of     bounds access when printing theme strings

Irssi reports :

Use after free when server is disconnected during netsplits. Found by Joseph Bisch.

Use after free when SASL messages are received in unexpected order.
Found by Joseph Bisch.

NULL pointer dereference when an 'empty' nick has been observed by Irssi. Found by Joseph Bisch.

When the number of windows exceed the available space, Irssi would crash due to NULL pointer dereference. Found by Joseph Bisch.

Certain nick names could result in out of bounds access when printing theme strings. Found by Oss-Fuzz.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
198976	RHEL 7 : irssi (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
198925	RHEL 6 : irssi (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
121144	Slackware 14.0 / 14.1 / 14.2 / current : irssi (SSA:2019-011-01)	Nessus	Slackware Local Security Checks	critical
108774	Debian DSA-4162-1 : irssi - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	critical
108608	Debian DLA-1318-1 : irssi security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
108465	EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : irssi (EulerOS-SA-2018-1061)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
108464	EulerOS 2.0 SP1 : irssi (EulerOS-SA-2018-1060)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
107193	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : Irssi vulnerabilities (USN-3590-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
107013	Fedora 26 : irssi (2018-cbc52e8812)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	critical
107008	Fedora 27 : irssi (2018-433d2dc3c7)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	critical
106889	openSUSE Security Update : irssi (openSUSE-2018-171)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
106881	FreeBSD : irssi -- multiple vulnerabilities (7afc5e56-156d-11e8-95f2-005056925db4)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	critical
106850	Slackware 14.0 / 14.1 / 14.2 / current : irssi (SSA:2018-046-01)	Nessus	Slackware Local Security Checks	critical

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