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CVE-2017-10966

Publication date 7 July 2017

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8 · Critical

Score breakdown

An issue was discovered in Irssi before 1.0.4. While updating the internal nick list, Irssi could incorrectly use the GHashTable interface and free the nick while updating it. This would then result in use-after-free conditions on each access of the hash table.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
irssi 17.10 artful
Not affected
17.04 zesty
Fixed 0.8.20-2ubuntu2.2
16.10 yakkety Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 0.8.19-1ubuntu1.5
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 0.8.15-5ubuntu3.3

Notes


mdeslaur

same commit as CVE-2017-10965

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
irssi

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8 · Critical
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3465-1
    • Irssi vulnerabilities
    • 26 October 2017

Other references