Two security issues have been discovered in Weechat a, fast, light and extensible chat client: CVE-2011-1428

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Debian Security Advisory DSA-2598-1                   This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
http://www.debian.org/security/                        Moritz Muehlenhoff
January 05, 2013                       http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : weechat
Vulnerability  : several
Problem type   : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID         : CVE-2011-1428 CVE-2012-5534

Two security issues have been discovered in Weechat a, fast, light and 
extensible chat client:

CVE-2011-1428

   X.509 certificates were incorrectly validated.

CVE-2012-5534

   The hook_process function in the plugin API allowed the execution
   of arbitrary shell commands.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), these problems have been fixed in
version 0.3.2-1+squeeze1.

For the testing distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in
version 0.3.8-1+deb7u1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 0.3.9.2-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your weechat packages.

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these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/

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