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Alpine: multiple irssi packages: security update to 0.8.20-r0

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 405006

Description

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

 - The unformat_24bit_color function in the format parsing code in Irssi before 0.8.20, when compiled with
 true-color enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap corruption and crash) via
 an incomplete 24bit color code. (CVE-2016-7044)

 - The format_send_to_gui function in the format parsing code in Irssi before 0.8.20 allows remote attackers
 to cause a denial of service (heap corruption and crash) via vectors involving the length of a string.
 (CVE-2016-7045)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2016-7044

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2016-7045

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 405006

Version: Revision 1.25

Type: Local

Published: 10/31/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-7045

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/21/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-7044, CVE-2016-7045

BID: 93103