MGASA-2018-0132

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    MGASA-2018-0132

    Published: 22 Feb 2018Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated irssi packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: Null pointer dereference when an "empty" nick has been observed by Irssi (CVE-2018-7050). Certain nick names could result in out of bounds access when printing theme strings (CVE-2018-7051). When the number of windows exceed the available space, Irssi would crash due to Null pointer dereference (CVE-2018-7052). Use after free when SASL messages are received in unexpected order (CVE-2018-7053). Use after free when server is disconnected during netsplits (CVE-2018-7054).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0132.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22609, https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2018_02.txt

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: irssi

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/irssi?arch=source&distro=mageia-6

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.0.7-1.mga6

    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