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title: 'USN-6002-1: Irssi vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices'
description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the
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url: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6002-1
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1. [Ubuntu Security Notices](https://ubuntu.com/security/notices)
2. USN-6002-1

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# USN-6002-1: Irssi vulnerability

Publication date

10 April 2023

Overview

Irssi could be made to crash in specific scenarios.

Releases

[22.10](https://ubuntu.com/security/notices?release=kinetic)

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## Packages

* [irssi](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves?package=irssi) - terminal based IRC client

## Details

It was discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled certain internal routines.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash.

## Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

[Learn more about how to get the fixes.](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

| Ubuntu Release | Package Version |
| --- | --- |
| 22.10 kinetic | [irssi](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/irssi) –  [1.4.2-1ubuntu1.1](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/irssi/1.4.2-1ubuntu1.1) | | |

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## References

* [CVE-2023-29132](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-29132)