Debian: DSA-3672-1: irssi security update

Date 21 Sep 2016

Category Debian Linux Distribution - Security Advisories

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Posted By LinuxSecurity Advisories

Gabriel Campana and Adrien Guinet from Quarkslab discovered two remotely exploitable crash and heap corruption vulnerabilities in the format parsing code in Irssi, a terminal based IRC client.


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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3672-1                   This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
https://www.debian.org/security/                     Salvatore Bonaccorso
September 21, 2016                    https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : irssi
CVE ID         : CVE-2016-7044 CVE-2016-7045

Gabriel Campana and Adrien Guinet from Quarkslab discovered two remotely
exploitable crash and heap corruption vulnerabilities in the format
parsing code in Irssi, a terminal based IRC client.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in
version 0.8.17-1+deb8u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your irssi packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

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