Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201901-8
========================================
Severity: Low
Date    : 2019-01-11
CVE-ID  : CVE-2019-5882
Package : irssi
Type    : denial of service
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-847

Summary
======
The package irssi before version 1.1.2-1 is vulnerable to denial of
service.

Resolution
=========
Upgrade to 1.1.2-1.

# pacman -Syu "irssi>=1.1.2-1"

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 1.1.2.

Workaround
=========
If lines are never hidden (no usage of /window hidelevel), this bug
will not trigger.

Description
==========
A use-after-free vulnerability has been found in irssi before 1.1.2,
when hidden lines were expired from the scroll buffer.

Impact
=====
Irssi can crash when hidden lines are expired from the scroll buffer.

References
=========
https://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=154711952322177
https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2019_01.txt
https://github.com/irssi/irssi/pull/948
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2019-5882

ArchLinux: 201901-8: irssi: denial of service

January 14, 2019

Summary

A use-after-free vulnerability has been found in irssi before 1.1.2, when hidden lines were expired from the scroll buffer.

Resolution

Upgrade to 1.1.2-1. # pacman -Syu "irssi>=1.1.2-1"
The problem has been fixed upstream in version 1.1.2.

References

https://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=154711952322177 https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2019_01.txt https://github.com/irssi/irssi/pull/948 https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2019-5882

Severity
Package : irssi
Type : denial of service
Remote : Yes
Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-847

Workaround

If lines are never hidden (no usage of /window hidelevel), this bugwill not trigger.

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