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Ubuntu 4046-1: Serious Vulnerabilities Found in Irssi Software

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Several security issues were fixed in Irssi.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4046-1
July 04, 2019

irssi vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 19.04
- Ubuntu 18.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in Irssi.

Software Description:
- irssi: terminal based IRC client

Details:

It was discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled certain disconnections.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service
or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
(CVE-2018-7054)

It was discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled certain requests.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service
or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-13045)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 19.04:
  irssi                           1.2.0-2ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 18.10:
  irssi                           1.1.1-1ubuntu1.2

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  irssi                           1.0.5-1ubuntu4.2

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  irssi                           0.8.19-1ubuntu1.9

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

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4046-1
  CVE-2018-7054, CVE-2019-13045

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/irssi/1.2.0-2ubuntu1.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/irssi/1.1.1-1ubuntu1.2
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/irssi/1.0.5-1ubuntu4.2
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/irssi/0.8.19-1ubuntu1.9

Ubuntu 4046-1: Serious Vulnerabilities Found in Irssi Software

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Calendar Grey July 4, 2019
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Serious vulnerabilities found in Irssi affect Ubuntu versions; updates are critical for security. See advisory details now!
Several security issues were fixed in Irssi.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 19.04: irssi 1.2.0-2ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 18.10: irssi 1.1.1-1ubuntu1.2 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: irssi 1.0.5-1ubuntu4.2 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: irssi 0.8.19-1ubuntu1.9 After a standard system update you need to restart Irssi to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4046-1

CVE-2018-7054, CVE-2019-13045

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July 04, 2019

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/irssi/1.2.0-2ubuntu1.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/irssi/1.1.1-1ubuntu1.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/irssi/1.0.5-1ubuntu4.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/irssi/0.8.19-1ubuntu1.9

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