=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4046-1
July 04, 2019
irssi vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 19.04
- Ubuntu 18.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Summary:
Several security issues were fixed in Irssi.
Software Description:
- irssi: terminal based IRC client
Details:
It was discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled certain disconnections.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service
or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
(CVE-2018-7054)
It was discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled certain requests.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service
or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-13045)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 19.04:
irssi 1.2.0-2ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu 18.10:
irssi 1.1.1-1ubuntu1.2
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
irssi 1.0.5-1ubuntu4.2
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
irssi 0.8.19-1ubuntu1.9
After a standard system update you need to restart Irssi to make all the necessary changes.
References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4046-1
CVE-2018-7054, CVE-2019-13045
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/irssi/1.2.0-2ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/irssi/1.1.1-1ubuntu1.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/irssi/1.0.5-1ubuntu4.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/irssi/0.8.19-1ubuntu1.9