USN-3862-1: Irssi vulnerability
USN-3862-1: Irssi vulnerability irssi vulnerability 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 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. After a standard system update you need to restart Irssi to [ more… ]
