Alpine: multiple irssi packages: security update to 0.8.21-r0

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 405007

Description

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

- The nickcmp function in Irssi before 0.8.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL
pointer dereference and crash) via a message without a nick. (CVE-2017-5193)

- Use-after-free vulnerability in Irssi before 0.8.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service
(crash) via an invalid nick message. (CVE-2017-5194)

- Irssi 0.8.17 before 0.8.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and
crash) via a crafted ANSI x8 color code. (CVE-2017-5195)

- Irssi 0.8.18 before 0.8.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and
crash) via vectors involving strings that are not UTF8. (CVE-2017-5196)

- Irssi before 0.8.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash)
via a string containing a formatting sequence (%[) without a closing bracket (]). (CVE-2017-5356)

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 405007

Version: Revision 1.24

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 10/31/2023

Updated: 3/12/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-5356

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: 1/5/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-5193, CVE-2017-5194, CVE-2017-5195, CVE-2017-5196, CVE-2017-5356

BID: 95310, 96581

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