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Alpine: multiple irssi packages: security update to 1.0.3-r0

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 405010

Description

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

 - In Irssi before 1.0.3, when receiving a DCC message without source nick/host, it attempts to dereference a
 NULL pointer. Thus, remote IRC servers can cause a crash. (CVE-2017-9468)

 - In Irssi before 1.0.3, when receiving certain incorrectly quoted DCC files, it tries to find the
 terminating quote one byte before the allocated memory. Thus, remote attackers might be able to cause a
 crash. (CVE-2017-9469)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-9468

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-9469

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 405010

Version: Revision 1.27

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: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-9469

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/7/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-9468, CVE-2017-9469

BID: 99015, 99043