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Ubuntu 18.10: 3862-1 Moderate: Irssi Denial Of Service Issue

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Calendar Grey January 17, 2019
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-
Irssi could be made to crash or execute arbitrary code if it received a specially crafted input.

Summary

Irssi could be made to crash or execute arbitrary code if it

received a specially crafted input.

Software Description:

- irssi: terminal based IRC client

Details:

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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service arbitrary code execution ubuntu input handling irssi

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 18.10:
  irssi                           1.1.1-1ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  irssi                           1.0.5-1ubuntu4.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  irssi                           0.8.19-1ubuntu1.8

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  irssi                           0.8.15-5ubuntu3.6

After a standard system update you need to restart Irssi to make all
the necessary changes.

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3862-1

  CVE-2019-5882

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January 17, 2019

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service arbitrary code execution ubuntu input handling irssi

Package Information

  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/irssi/1.1.1-1ubuntu1.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/irssi/1.0.5-1ubuntu4.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/irssi/0.8.19-1ubuntu1.8
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/irssi/0.8.15-5ubuntu3.6

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