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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3862-1
January 17, 2019
irssi vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
– Ubuntu 18.10
– Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
– Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
– Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary:
Irssi could be made to crash or execute arbitrary code if it
received a specially crafted input.
Software Description:
– irssi: terminal based IRC client
Details:
It was discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled certain inputs.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service
or to execute arbitrary code.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 18.10:
irssi 1.1.1-1ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
irssi 1.0.5-1ubuntu4.1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
irssi 0.8.19-1ubuntu1.8
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
irssi 0.8.15-5ubuntu3.6
After a standard system update you need to restart Irssi to make all
the necessary changes.
References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3862-1
CVE-2019-5882
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/irssi/1.1.1-1ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/irssi/1.0.5-1ubuntu4.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/irssi/0.8.19-1ubuntu1.8
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