{"id":"MGASA-2017-0190","summary":"Updated weechat packages fix security vulnerability","details":"It was discovered that weechat is prone to a buffer overflow\nvulnerability in the IRC plugin, allowing a remote attacker to cause a\ndenial-of-service by sending a specially crafted filename via DCC\n(CVE-2017-8073).\n","modified":"2026-04-16T01:48:27.932305980Z","published":"2017-06-28T10:01:20Z","upstream":["CVE-2017-8073"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0190.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20756"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3836"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"weechat","ecosystem":"Mageia:5","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/weechat?arch=source&distro=mageia-5"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.4.1-7.1.mga5"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0190.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}