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Ubuntu 19.04 USN-4119-1: Addressing Irssi Denial of Service Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey September 3, 2019
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4120-1 outlines a vulnerability in Bash that may lead to service disruptions or unauthorized code execution.
Irssi could be made to crash or execute arbitrary code if it received a specially crafted CAP request.

Summary

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

a specially crafted CAP request.

Software Description:

- irssi: terminal based IRC client

Details:

It was discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled certain CAP requests.

An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or

execute arbitrary code.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Ubuntu Denial of Service Arbitrary Code Execution Irssi

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 19.04:
  irssi                           1.2.0-2ubuntu1.2

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4119-1

CVE-2019-15717

Severity
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September 03, 2019

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Ubuntu Denial of Service Arbitrary Code Execution Irssi

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/irssi/1.2.0-2ubuntu1.2

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