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openSUSE Security Update : irssi (openSUSE-2017-797)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 101347

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for irssi to version fixes the following issues :

 - CVE-2017-10965: A malicious server could cause irssi to crash by providing an invalid timestamp

 - CVE-2017-10966: Undefined behavior may be triggered when irssi updates the internal nick list

A number of minor upstream bug fixes are also included.

Solution

Update the affected irssi packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1047709

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 101347

File Name: openSUSE-2017-797.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/10/2017

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: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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: 7/7/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-10965, CVE-2017-10966