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openSUSE Security Update : irssi (openSUSE-2018-171)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 106889

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for irssi fixes the following security issues :

 - CVE-2018-7054: Use after free when server is disconnected during netsplits

 - CVE-2018-7053: Use after free when SASL messages are received in unexpected order

 - CVE-2018-7050: NULL pointer dereference when an 'empty' nick has been observed

 - CVE-2018-7052: When the number of windows exceed the available space, Irssi would crash due to NULL pointer dereference

 - CVE-2018-7051: Certain nick names could result in out of bounds access when printing theme strings

Solution

Update the affected irssi packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1081238

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 106889

File Name: openSUSE-2018-171.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/20/2018

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:irssi, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:irssi-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:irssi-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:irssi-devel, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/19/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-7050, CVE-2018-7051, CVE-2018-7052, CVE-2018-7053, CVE-2018-7054