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openSUSE Security Update : irssi (openSUSE-2017-668)

high Nessus Plugin ID 100713

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update to irssi 1.0.3 fixes the following vulnerabilities :

 - CVE-2017-9469: irssi: dcc crash with incorrect quoting (bsc#1043052)

 - CVE-2017-9468: irssi: dcc message crash without nick/host (bsc#1043051)

Solution

Update the affected irssi packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1043051

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1043052

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 100713

File Name: openSUSE-2017-668.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/9/2017

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:irssi-devel, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:irssi, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:irssi-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:irssi-debuginfo

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 6/8/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-9468, CVE-2017-9469