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Fedora 23 : irssi (2016-0551065fe0)

low Nessus Plugin ID 93972

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Security fix for CVE-2016-7553.

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This is new version of irssi fixing security bugs, for details see upstream announcement:
https://github.com/irssi/irssi/releases/tag/0.8.20

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Solution

Update the affected irssi package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2016-0551065fe0

https://github.com/irssi/irssi/releases/tag/0.8.20

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 93972

File Name: fedora_2016-0551065fe0.nasl

Version: 2.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/12/2016

Updated: 1/22/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-7553

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:irssi, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:23

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/10/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/27/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-7044, CVE-2016-7045, CVE-2016-7553