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openSUSE: 2019:0048-1 Important: Irssi Buffer Overflow Fix

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Calendar Grey January 14, 2019
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
A crucial enhancement has been released for openSUSE's irssi, rectifying a significant security vulnerability. Prompt measures recommended.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description

This update for irssi fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2019-5882: Use after free when hidden lines were expired from the

scroll buffer (boo#1121396)

This update to the 1.1.2 version also fixes a number of stability issues

and bugs.

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Topics Covered

security advisory update buffer overflow important security risk irssi openSUSE

Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- SUSE Package Hub for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2019-48=1

Package List

- SUSE Package Hub for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

irssi-1.1.2-47.1

irssi-devel-1.1.2-47.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-5882.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1121396

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2019:0048-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: SUSE Package Hub for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12

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Topics Covered

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