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Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : irssi (MDKSA-2003:117)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 14099

Synopsis

The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

A vulnerability in versions of irssi prior to 0.8.9 would allow a remote user to crash another user's irssi client provided that the client was on a non-x86 architecture or if the 'gui print text' signal is being used by some script or plugin.

The updated packages provide 0.8.9 which corrects the problem.

Solution

Update the affected irssi and / or irssi-devel packages.

See Also

https://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/347218

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 14099

File Name: mandrake_MDKSA-2003-117.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Published: 7/31/2004

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:irssi, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:irssi-devel, cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:9.1, cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:9.2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 12/18/2003

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-1020

MDKSA: 2003:117