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Mageia 7: MGASA-2019-0255 Moderate: irssi Use-After-Free Issue

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Calendar Grey September 6, 2019
Dist Mageia Esm H88
Irssi version 1.2.x has released an update to mitigate a critical use-after-free security flaw. Discover further insights regarding the patch and the specific security implications involved.
Updated irssi packages fix security vulnerability: Irssi 1.2.x before 1.2.2 has a use-after-free if the IRC server sends a double CAP (CVE-2019-15717)

Summary

Updated irssi packages fix security vulnerability:
Irssi 1.2.x before 1.2.2 has a use-after-free if the IRC server sends a double CAP (CVE-2019-15717).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25388

- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/29/3

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-15717

Resolution

SRPMS

- 7/core/irssi-1.2.2-1.mga7

Publication date: 06 Sep 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0255.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2019-15717

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