MGASA-2017-0190

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    MGASA-2017-0190

    Published: 28 Jun 2017Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-8073

    Summary: Updated weechat packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: It was discovered that weechat is prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability in the IRC plugin, allowing a remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service by sending a specially crafted filename via DCC (CVE-2017-8073).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0190.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20756, https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3836

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: weechat

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/weechat?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.4.1-7.1.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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