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title: "CVE-2010-1156\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2010-1156

Publication date 14 April 2010

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

core/nicklist.c in Irssi before 0.8.15 allows remote attackers to cause a
denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via
vectors related to an attempted fuzzy nick match at the instant that a
victim leaves a channel.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-1156?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| irssi | 9.10 karmic | Fixed 0.8.14-1ubuntu1.1 |
| 9.04 jaunty | Fixed 0.8.12-6ubuntu1.2 |
| 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 0.8.12-4ubuntu2.2 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 0.8.12-3ubuntu3.2 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life |

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## Notes

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

remotely exploitable, but hard to get timing right

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-1156)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1156)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2010-1156)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-1156)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-929-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-929-1)
+ irssi vulnerabilities
+ 15 April 2010

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-1156>