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Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201802-8
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Severity: High
Date : 2018-02-15
CVE-ID : CVE-2018-7050 CVE-2018-7051 CVE-2018-7052 CVE-2018-7053
CVE-2018-7054
Package : irssi
Type : multiple issues
Remote : Yes
Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-616
Summary
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The package irssi before version 1.1.1-1 is vulnerable to multiple
issues including arbitrary code execution and denial of service.
Resolution
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Upgrade to 1.1.1-1.
# pacman -Syu "irssi>=1.1.1-1"
The problems have been fixed upstream in version 1.1.1.
Workaround
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None.
Description
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- CVE-2018-7050 (denial of service)
An issue was discovered in Irssi before 1.0.7 and 1.1.x before 1.1.1. A
NULL pointer dereference occurs for an "empty" nick.
- CVE-2018-7051 (denial of service)
An issue was discovered in Irssi before 1.0.7 and 1.1.x before 1.1.1.
Certain nick names could result in out-of-bounds access when printing
theme strings.
- CVE-2018-7052 (denial of service)
An issue was discovered in Irssi before 1.0.7 and 1.1.x before 1.1.1.
When the number of windows exceeds the available space, a crash due to
a NULL pointer dereference would occur.
- CVE-2018-7053 (arbitrary code execution)
An issue was discovered in Irssi before 1.0.7 and 1.1.x before 1.1.1.
There is a use-after-free when SASL messages are received in an
unexpected order.
- CVE-2018-7054 (denial of service)
An issue was discovered in Irssi before 1.0.7 and 1.1.x before 1.1.1.
There is a use-after-free when a server is disconnected during
netsplits.
Impact
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A remote attacker is able to crash the application, execute arbitrary
code or read memory via a malicious server or by tricking a user to use
malicious commands.
References
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https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2018_02.txt
https://github.com/irssi/irssi/commit/e91da9e4098e449dc36eaa15354aff67650e7703
https://github.com/irssi/irssi/commit/e32e9d63c67ab95ef0576154680a6c52334b97af
https://github.com/irssi/irssi/commit/5b5bfef03596d95079c728f65f523570dd7b03aa
https://github.com/irssi/irssi/commit/84f03e01467b90a4251987b32b2813ee976b357c
https://github.com/irssi/irssi/issues/819
https://github.com/irssi/irssi/commit/5c5ed64180a6b76315ee7b8c6000ee64ad5877a7
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2018-7050
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2018-7051
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2018-7052
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2018-7053
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2018-7054
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