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Unscored USN-3184-1 6 CVEs

irssi vulnerabilities

Published Feb 1, 2017 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Summary

It was discovered that the Irssi buf.pl script set incorrect permissions. A
local attacker could use this issue to retrieve another user's window
contents. (CVE-2016-7553)

Joseph Bisch discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled comparing nicks. A
remote attacker could use this issue to cause Irssi to crash, resulting in
a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-5193)

It was discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled invalid nick messages. A
remote attacker could use this issue to cause Irssi to crash, resulting in
a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-5194)

Joseph Bisch discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled certain incomplete
control codes. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Irssi to
crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary
code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.10.
(CVE-2017-5195)

Hanno Böck and Joseph Bisch discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled
certain incomplete character sequences. A remote attacker could use this
issue to cause Irssi to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue
only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.10. (CVE-2017-5196)

Hanno Böck discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled certain format
strings. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Irssi to crash,
resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-5356)

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS irssi 0.8.15-5ubuntu3.1
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS irssi 0.8.19-1ubuntu1.3

Vulnerabilities 6

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7553
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5193
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5194
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5195
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5196
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5356