USN-4119-1: Irssi vulnerability
irssi vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 19.04
Summary
Irssi could be made to crash or execute arbitrary code if it received
a specially crafted CAP request.
Software Description
- irssi – terminal based IRC client
Details
It was discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled certain CAP requests.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or
execute arbitrary code.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 19.04
- irssi – 1.2.0-2ubuntu1.2
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 make
all the necessary changes.
References
Source: USN-4119-1: Irssi vulnerability
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