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From: Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201701-45 ] irssi: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2017 19:17:22
Message-Id: ffe440dd-87e8-fb11-7b30-45a01b1f6e13@gentoo.org
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: irssi: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: January 19, 2017
10 Bugs: #604772
11 ID: 201701-45
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in irssi, the worst of which
19 could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
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21 Background
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24 irssi is a modular textUI IRC client with IPv6 support.
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26 Affected packages
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30 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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32 1 net-irc/irssi < 0.8.21 >= 0.8.21
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34 Description
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37 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in irssi. Please review
38 the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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40 Impact
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43 A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the
44 privileges of the process or cause a Denial of Service condition.
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46 Workaround
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49 There is no known workaround at this time.
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51 Resolution
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54 All irssi users should upgrade to the latest version:
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56 # emerge --sync
57 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-irc/irssi-0.8.21"
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59 References
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62 [ 1 ] CVE-2017-5193
63 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5193
64 [ 2 ] CVE-2017-5194
65 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5194
66 [ 3 ] CVE-2017-5195
67 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5195
68 [ 4 ] CVE-2017-5196
69 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5196
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71 Availability
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74 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
75 the Gentoo Security Website:
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77 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-45
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79 Concerns?
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82 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
83 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
84 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
85 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
86 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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88 License
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91 Copyright 2017 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
92 belongs to its owner(s).
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94 The contents of this document are licensed under the
95 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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97 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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