This update for irssi fixes the following issues :

  - CVE-2019-5882: Use after free when hidden lines were     expired from the scroll buffer (boo#1121396)

This update to the 1.1.2 version also fixes a number of stability issues and bugs.

Irssi reports :

Use after free when hidden lines were expired from the scroll buffer.
It may affect the stability of Irssi. (CWE-417, CWE-825)

This plugin has been deprecated as it does not adhere to established standards for this style of check.

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

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

  - Irssi 1.1.x before 1.1.2 has a use after free when     hidden lines are expired from the scroll     buffer.(CVE-2019-5882)

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.

This is an update fixing CVE-2019-5882.

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.

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3862-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue     to cause a denial of service or to execute arbitrary code.

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

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

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability that has been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - irssi: Use-after-free when hidden lines were expired from the scroll buffer (CVE-2019-5882)

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
121155	openSUSE Security Update : irssi (openSUSE-2019-48)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	1/14/2019	6/26/2024	critical
121087	FreeBSD : irssi -- Use after free (d38bbb79-14f3-11e9-9ce2-28d244aee256)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	1/11/2019	6/27/2024	critical
196836	RHEL 8 : irssi (Unpatched Vulnerability) (deprecated)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	5/11/2024	5/31/2024	critical
121144	Slackware 14.0 / 14.1 / 14.2 / current : irssi (SSA:2019-011-01)	Nessus	Slackware Local Security Checks	1/14/2019	6/27/2024	critical
153273	EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : irssi (EulerOS-SA-2021-2386)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	9/14/2021	11/30/2023	critical
123106	EulerOS 2.0 SP3 : irssi (EulerOS-SA-2019-1093)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	3/26/2019	6/12/2024	critical
121322	Fedora 29 : irssi (2019-a171d0d192)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	1/23/2019	6/26/2024	critical
121244	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Irssi vulnerability (USN-3862-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	1/18/2019	8/27/2024	critical
122689	EulerOS 2.0 SP5 : irssi (EulerOS-SA-2019-1066)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	3/8/2019	6/14/2024	critical
198904	RHEL 8 : irssi (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	6/3/2024	6/3/2024	critical
121320	Fedora 28 : irssi (2019-920924ed23)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	1/23/2019	6/26/2024	critical

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