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openSUSE Security Update : irssi (openSUSE-2016-2524)
high Nessus Plugin ID 94093
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Synopsis
The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.Description
The IRC client irssi was updated to 0.8.20, fixing various bugs and security issues.- CVE-2016-7044: The unformat_24bit_color function in the format parsing code in Irssi, when compiled with true-color enabled, allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap corruption and crash) via an incomplete 24bit color code.
- CVE-2016-7045: The format_send_to_gui function in the format parsing code in Irssi allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap corruption and crash) via vectors involving the length of a string.
See https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2016.txt for more details.
- CVE-2016-7553: A information disclosure vulnerability in irssi buf.pl
See https://irssi.org/2016/09/22/buf.pl-update/ for more information.
Solution
Update the affected irssi packages.See Also
https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1001215
https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=999199
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 94093
File Name: openSUSE-2016-2524.nasl
Version: 2.3
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 10/17/2016
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: 4.4
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:13.2, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.1, 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: 10/7/2016