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A vulnerability was found in irssi 0.8.17/0.8.18/0.8.19/0.8.20 (Messaging Software). It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:
Irssi 0.8.18 before 0.8.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via vectors involving strings that are not UTF8.
The bug was discovered 03/03/2017. The weakness was released 03/03/2017 (oss-sec). The advisory is shared at openwall.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-5196 since 01/06/2017. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 96322 (FreeBSD : Irssi -- multiple vulnerabilities (3d6be69b-d365-11e6-a071-001e67f15f5a)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 169646 (OpenSuSE Security Update for irssi (openSUSE-SU-2017:0093-1)).
Upgrading to version 0.8.21 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (96322). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 97518, 97519, 97520 and 97522.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.4VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3
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Exploiting
Class: Out-of-boundsCWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 96322
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : Irssi -- multiple vulnerabilities (3d6be69b-d365-11e6-a071-001e67f15f5a)
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OpenVAS ID: 867773
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for irssi FEDORA-2017-d2e7217e2a
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: irssi 0.8.21
Timeline
01/05/2017 🔍01/05/2017 🔍
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Sources
Advisory: openwall.comStatus: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-5196 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 95310 - Irssi Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-5196 - Irssi - Out-of-Bounds Read Issue
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Entry
Created: 03/04/2017 13:57Updated: 09/03/2020 20:56
Changes: 03/04/2017 13:57 (73), 09/03/2020 20:56 (5)
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