Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : irssi (MDVSA-2009:133-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 39429

Synopsis

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

Description

A vulnerability has been found and corrected in irssi :

Off-by-one error in the event_wallops function in fe-common/irc/fe-events.c in irssi 0.8.13 allows remote IRC servers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an empty command, which triggers a one-byte buffer under-read and a one-byte buffer underflow (CVE-2009-1959).

This update provides fixes for this vulnerability.

Update :

Packages for 2008.0 are provided for Corporate Desktop 2008.0 customers

Solution

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 39429

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2009-133.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 6/17/2009

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:irssi-perl, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2008.0

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/8/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-1959

BID: 35399

CWE: 189

MDVSA: 2009:133-1

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