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FreeBSD : irssi -- heap corruption and missing boundary checks (e78261e4-803d-11e6-a590-14dae9d210b8)

high Nessus Plugin ID 93640

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

Irssi reports :

Remote crash and heap corruption. Remote code execution seems difficult since only Nuls are written.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2016.txt

http://www.nessus.org/u?de2fba03

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 93640

File Name: freebsd_pkg_e78261e4803d11e6a59014dae9d210b8.nasl

Version: 2.7

Type: local

Published: 9/22/2016

Updated: 1/23/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

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-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

CPE: cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:irssi, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:zh-irssi

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/21/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/21/2016

Reference Information

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