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Debian 7 Wheezy: DLA-1318-1 irssi Critical: Out-Of-Bounds Access

debian lts
Calendar Grey March 26, 2018
Dist Debian Esm H88
Resolution for irssi's buffer overflow vulnerability regarding nicknames in Debian 7; an upgrade is highly advised to ensure security integrity.
It was discovered that there was an issue in the irssi IRC client where certain nick names could result in out-of-bounds access when printing theme strings
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Summary

We recommend that you upgrade your irssi packages.


Regards,

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Package: irssi
Version: 0.8.15-5+deb7u6
CVE ID: CVE-2018-7051
Debian Bug: #890677

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