Mageia 6: 2019-0091 Critical: Irssi Denial Of Service Risk
mageia
February 20, 2019
It was discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled certain inputs
Summary
It was discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker
could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or to execute
arbitrary code (CVE-2018-5882).
References
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24207
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3862-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-5882
Topics Covered
Resolution
SRPMS
- 6/core/irssi-1.0.7-1.1.mga6
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Publication date: 20 Feb 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0091.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2018-5882
Topics Covered
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