UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8073
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Summary:
Details: WeeChat before 1.7.1 allows a remote crash by sending a filename via DCC to the IRC plugin. This occurs in the irc_ctcp_dcc_filename_without_quotes function during quote removal, with a buffer overflow.
References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-8073, https://github.com/weechat/weechat/commit/2fb346f25f79e412cf0ed314fdf791763c19b70b, https://weechat.org/download/security/, https://weechat.org/news/95/20170422-Version-1.7.1/, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8073
Affected packages
Package
Name: weechat
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
Introduced- 0
Fixed -0.4.2-3ubuntu0.1
Affected versions
0.4.1-2
0.4.2-2ubuntu1
0.4.2-3
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
