{"id":"MGASA-2018-0069","summary":"Updated irssi packages fix security vulnerabilities","details":"Joseph Bisch discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled incomplete escape\ncodes. If a user were tricked into using malformed commands or opening\nmalformed files, an attacker could use this issue to cause Irssi to\ncrash, resulting in a denial of service (CVE-2018-5205).\n\nJoseph Bisch discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled settings the\nchannel topic without specifying a sender. A malicious IRC server could\nuse this issue to cause Irssi to crash, resulting in a denial of service\n(CVE-2018-5206).\n\nJoseph Bisch discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled incomplete\nvariable arguments. If a user were tricked into using malformed commands\nor opening malformed files, an attacker could use this issue to cause\nIrssi to crash, resulting in a denial of service (CVE-2018-5207).\n\nJoseph Bisch discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled completing\ncertain strings. An attacker could use this issue to cause Irssi to\ncrash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary\ncode (CVE-2018-5208).\n","modified":"2026-04-16T01:47:13.285241082Z","published":"2018-01-12T19:49:32Z","upstream":["CVE-2018-5205","CVE-2018-5206","CVE-2018-5207","CVE-2018-5208"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0069.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22328"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3527-1/"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"irssi","ecosystem":"Mageia:5","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/irssi?arch=source&distro=mageia-5"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.8.21-1.4.mga5"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0069.json"}},{"package":{"name":"irssi","ecosystem":"Mageia:6","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/irssi?arch=source&distro=mageia-6"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.0.6-1.mga6"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0069.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}