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openSUSE Security Update : irssi (openSUSE-2018-18)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 105716

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for irssi to version 1.0.6 fixes several issues that may affect the stability of irssi :

 - CVE-2018-5205: Data access beyond the end of the string when using incomplete escape codes

 - CVE-2018-5206: NULL pointer dereference when the channel topic is set without specifying a sender

 - CVE-2018-5207: When using an incomplete variable argument, Irssi may access data beyond the end of the string

 - CVE-2018-5208: Heap buffer overflow when completing certain strings

Solution

Update the affected irssi packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1074958

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 105716

File Name: openSUSE-2018-18.nasl

Version: 3.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/10/2018

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, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3, 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: 1/9/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-5205, CVE-2018-5206, CVE-2018-5207, CVE-2018-5208