This security update for irssi to version 1.0.5 addresses the following security issues :

  - CVE-2017-15228: When installing themes with unterminated     colour formatting sequences, Irssi may access data     beyond the end of the string. This issue could have     resulted in denial of service (remote crash) when     installing a malicious or broken theme file.

  - CVE-2017-15227: While waiting for the channel     synchronisation, Irssi may incorrectly fail to remove     destroyed channels from the query list, resulting in use     after free conditions when updating the state later on.
    This issue could have caused denial of service (remote     crash) when connecting to a malicious or broken ircd.

  - CVE-2017-15721: Certain incorrectly formatted DCC CTCP     messages could cause NULL pointer dereference. This     issue could have caused denial of service (remote crash)     when connecting to a malicious or broken ircd.

  - CVE-2017-15723: Overlong nicks or targets may result in     a NULL pointer dereference while splitting the message.
    This issue could have caused denial of service (remote     crash) when connecting to a malicious or broken ircd.

  - CVE-2017-15722: In certain cases Irssi may fail to     verify that a Safe channel ID is long enough, causing     reads beyond the end of the string.

New irssi packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and
-current to fix security issues.

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Irssi, a terminal based IRC client. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

  - CVE-2017-10965     Brian 'geeknik' Carpenter of Geeknik Labs discovered     that Irssi does not properly handle receiving messages     with invalid time stamps. A malicious IRC server can     take advantage of this flaw to cause Irssi to crash,     resulting in a denial of service.

  - CVE-2017-10966     Brian 'geeknik' Carpenter of Geeknik Labs discovered     that Irssi is susceptible to a use-after-free flaw     triggered while updating the internal nick list. A     malicious IRC server can take advantage of this flaw to     cause Irssi to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

  - CVE-2017-15227     Joseph Bisch discovered that while waiting for the     channel synchronisation, Irssi may incorrectly fail to     remove destroyed channels from the query list, resulting     in use after free conditions when updating the state     later on. A malicious IRC server can take advantage of     this flaw to cause Irssi to crash, resulting in a denial     of service.

  - CVE-2017-15228     Hanno Boeck reported that Irssi does not properly handle     installing themes with unterminated colour formatting     sequences, leading to a denial of service if a user is     tricked into installing a specially crafted theme.

  - CVE-2017-15721     Joseph Bisch discovered that Irssi does not properly     handle incorrectly formatted DCC CTCP messages. A remote     attacker can take advantage of this flaw to cause Irssi     to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

  - CVE-2017-15722     Joseph Bisch discovered that Irssi does not properly     verify Safe channel IDs. A malicious IRC server can take     advantage of this flaw to cause Irssi to crash,     resulting in a denial of service.

  - CVE-2017-15723     Joseph Bisch reported that Irssi does not properly     handle overlong nicks or targets resulting in a NULL     pointer dereference when splitting the message and     leading to a denial of service.

According to the versions of the irssi package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - Irssi before 1.0.5, when installing themes with     unterminated colour formatting sequences, may access     data beyond the end of the string.(CVE-2017-15228)

  - Irssi before 1.0.5, while waiting for the channel     synchronisation, may incorrectly fail to remove     destroyed channels from the query list, resulting in     use-after-free conditions when updating the state later     on.(CVE-2017-15227)

  - In Irssi before 1.0.5, certain incorrectly formatted     DCC CTCP messages could cause a NULL pointer     dereference. This is a separate, but similar, issue     relative to CVE-2017-9468.(CVE-2017-15721)

  - In certain cases, Irssi before 1.0.5 may fail to verify     that a Safe channel ID is long enough, causing reads     beyond the end of the string.(CVE-2017-15722)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - irssi: heap buffer overflow due to calculation error in the completion code (CVE-2018-5208)

  - The buf.pl script before 2.20 in Irssi before 0.8.20 uses weak permissions for the scrollbuffer dump file     created between upgrades, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information from private chat     conversations by reading the file. (CVE-2016-7553)

  - An issue was discovered in Irssi before 1.0.4. When receiving messages with invalid time stamps, Irssi     would try to dereference a NULL pointer. (CVE-2017-10965)

  - An issue was discovered in Irssi before 1.0.4. While updating the internal nick list, Irssi could     incorrectly use the GHashTable interface and free the nick while updating it. This would then result in     use-after-free conditions on each access of the hash table. (CVE-2017-10966)

  - Irssi before 1.0.5, while waiting for the channel synchronisation, may incorrectly fail to remove     destroyed channels from the query list, resulting in use-after-free conditions when updating the state     later on. (CVE-2017-15227)

  - Irssi before 1.0.5, when installing themes with unterminated colour formatting sequences, may access data     beyond the end of the string. (CVE-2017-15228)

  - In Irssi before 1.0.5, certain incorrectly formatted DCC CTCP messages could cause a NULL pointer     dereference. This is a separate, but similar, issue relative to CVE-2017-9468. (CVE-2017-15721)

  - In certain cases, Irssi before 1.0.5 may fail to verify that a Safe channel ID is long enough, causing     reads beyond the end of the string. (CVE-2017-15722)

  - 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 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)

  - 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)

  - When using incomplete escape codes, Irssi before 1.0.6 may access data beyond the end of the string.
    (CVE-2018-5205)

  - When the channel topic is set without specifying a sender, Irssi before 1.0.6 may dereference a NULL     pointer. (CVE-2018-5206)

  - When using an incomplete variable argument, Irssi before 1.0.6 may access data beyond the end of the     string. (CVE-2018-5207)

  - An issue was discovered in Irssi before 1.0.7 and 1.1.x before 1.1.1. A NULL pointer dereference occurs     for an empty nick. (CVE-2018-7050)

  - An issue was discovered in Irssi before 1.0.7 and 1.1.x before 1.1.1. Certain nick names could result in     out-of-bounds access when printing theme strings. (CVE-2018-7051)

  - An issue was discovered in Irssi before 1.0.7 and 1.1.x before 1.1.1. When the number of windows exceeds     the available space, a crash due to a NULL pointer dereference would occur. (CVE-2018-7052)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

Brian Carpenter discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled messages with invalid time stamps. A malicious IRC server could use this issue to cause Irssi to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2017-10965)

Brian Carpenter discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled the internal nick list. A malicious IRC server could use this issue to cause Irssi to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-10966)

Joseph Bisch discovered that Irssi incorrectly removed destroyed channels from the query list. A malicious IRC server could use this issue to cause Irssi to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2017-15227)

Hanno Bock discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled themes. If a user were tricked into using a malicious theme, a attacker could use this issue to cause Irssi to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2017-15228)

Joseph Bisch discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled certain DCC CTCP messages. A malicious IRC server could use this issue to cause Irssi to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-15721)

Joseph Bisch discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled certain channel IDs. A malicious IRC server could use this issue to cause Irssi to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-15722)

Joseph Bisch discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled certain long nicks or targets. A malicious IRC server could use this issue to cause Irssi to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-15723).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - irssi: heap buffer overflow due to calculation error in the completion code (CVE-2018-5208)

  - The buf.pl script before 2.20 in Irssi before 0.8.20 uses weak permissions for the scrollbuffer dump file     created between upgrades, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information from private chat     conversations by reading the file. (CVE-2016-7553)

  - An issue was discovered in Irssi before 1.0.4. When receiving messages with invalid time stamps, Irssi     would try to dereference a NULL pointer. (CVE-2017-10965)

  - An issue was discovered in Irssi before 1.0.4. While updating the internal nick list, Irssi could     incorrectly use the GHashTable interface and free the nick while updating it. This would then result in     use-after-free conditions on each access of the hash table. (CVE-2017-10966)

  - Irssi before 1.0.5, while waiting for the channel synchronisation, may incorrectly fail to remove     destroyed channels from the query list, resulting in use-after-free conditions when updating the state     later on. (CVE-2017-15227)

  - Irssi before 1.0.5, when installing themes with unterminated colour formatting sequences, may access data     beyond the end of the string. (CVE-2017-15228)

  - In Irssi before 1.0.5, certain incorrectly formatted DCC CTCP messages could cause a NULL pointer     dereference. This is a separate, but similar, issue relative to CVE-2017-9468. (CVE-2017-15721)

  - In certain cases, Irssi before 1.0.5 may fail to verify that a Safe channel ID is long enough, causing     reads beyond the end of the string. (CVE-2017-15722)

  - 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 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)

  - 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)

  - When using incomplete escape codes, Irssi before 1.0.6 may access data beyond the end of the string.
    (CVE-2018-5205)

  - When the channel topic is set without specifying a sender, Irssi before 1.0.6 may dereference a NULL     pointer. (CVE-2018-5206)

  - When using an incomplete variable argument, Irssi before 1.0.6 may access data beyond the end of the     string. (CVE-2018-5207)

  - An issue was discovered in Irssi before 1.0.7 and 1.1.x before 1.1.1. A NULL pointer dereference occurs     for an empty nick. (CVE-2018-7050)

  - An issue was discovered in Irssi before 1.0.7 and 1.1.x before 1.1.1. Certain nick names could result in     out-of-bounds access when printing theme strings. (CVE-2018-7051)

  - An issue was discovered in Irssi before 1.0.7 and 1.1.x before 1.1.1. When the number of windows exceeds     the available space, a crash due to a NULL pointer dereference would occur. (CVE-2018-7052)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

Irssi reports :

When installing themes with unterminated colour formatting sequences, Irssi may access data beyond the end of the string.

While waiting for the channel synchronisation, Irssi may incorrectly fail to remove destroyed channels from the query list, resulting in use after free conditions when updating the state later on.

Certain incorrectly formatted DCC CTCP messages could cause NULL pointer dereference.

Overlong nicks or targets may result in a NULL pointer dereference while splitting the message.

In certain cases Irssi may fail to verify that a Safe channel ID is long enough, causing reads beyond the end of the string.

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Irssi, a terminal based IRC client, which may lead to denial of service or other unspecified impact.

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 0.8.15-5+deb7u4.

We recommend that you upgrade your irssi packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
104114	openSUSE Security Update : irssi (openSUSE-2017-1189)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	10/24/2017	1/19/2021	high
104146	Slackware 14.0 / 14.1 / 14.2 / current : irssi (SSA:2017-298-01)	Nessus	Slackware Local Security Checks	10/26/2017	1/14/2021	high
104400	Debian DSA-4016-1 : irssi - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	11/6/2017	1/4/2021	critical
104902	EulerOS 2.0 SP1 : irssi (EulerOS-SA-2017-1283)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	12/1/2017	1/6/2021	high
196853	RHEL 6 : irssi (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	5/11/2024	5/11/2024	critical
104212	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : Irssi vulnerabilities (USN-3465-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	10/27/2017	10/20/2023	critical
196841	RHEL 7 : irssi (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	5/11/2024	5/11/2024	critical
104062	FreeBSD : irssi -- multiple vulnerabilities (85e2c7eb-b74b-11e7-8546-5cf3fcfdd1f1)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	10/23/2017	1/4/2021	high
104903	EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : irssi (EulerOS-SA-2017-1284)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	12/1/2017	1/6/2021	high
105424	Debian DLA-1217-1 : irssi security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	12/26/2017	1/11/2021	high

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