USN-3317-1: Irssi vulnerabilities
12 June 2017
Irssi could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network traffic.
Releases
Packages
- irssi - terminal based IRC client
Details
It was discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled certain DCC messages. A
malicious IRC server could use this issue to cause Irssi to crash,
resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-9468)
Joseph Bisch discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled receiving
incorrectly quoted DCC files. A remote attacker could possibly use this
issue to cause Irssi to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2017-9469)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 17.04
Ubuntu 16.10
Ubuntu 16.04
Ubuntu 14.04
After a standard system update you need to restart Irssi to make all the
necessary changes.