USN-3590-1: Irssi vulnerabilities
6 March 2018
Several security issues were fixed in Irssi.
Releases
Packages
- irssi - terminal based IRC client
Details
It was discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled certain empty
nick names. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial
of service. (CVE-2018-7050)
It was discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled certain nick names.
An attacker could possibly use this to access sensitive information.
(CVE-2018-7051)
It was discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled an increase in the
number of windows. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
a denial of service. (CVE-2018-7052)
It was discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled certain messages.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service
or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and
Ubuntu 17.10. (CVE-2018-7053)
It was discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled certain disconnections.
An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service or
execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 17.10. (CVE-2018-7054)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 17.10
Ubuntu 16.04
Ubuntu 14.04
After a standard system update you need to restart Irssi to make all the necessary changes.