Alpine: multiple irssi packages: security update to 1.0.5-r1 (deprecated)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 400781

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities referenced in the following CVEs:

- When using incomplete escape codes, Irssi before 1.0.6 may access data beyond the end of the string.
(CVE-2018-5205)

- When the channel topic is set without specifying a sender, Irssi before 1.0.6 may dereference a NULL
pointer. (CVE-2018-5206)

- When using an incomplete variable argument, Irssi before 1.0.6 may access data beyond the end of the
string. (CVE-2018-5207)

- In Irssi before 1.0.6, a calculation error in the completion code could cause a heap buffer overflow when
completing certain strings. (CVE-2018-5208)

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 400781

Version: Revision 1.23

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 8/16/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-5208

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/8/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/6/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-5205, CVE-2018-5206, CVE-2018-5207, CVE-2018-5208

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