SB2017060702 - Two vulnerabilities in Irssi
Published: June 7, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017060702
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
2
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Null pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9468)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists due to NULL pointer dereference. A remote attacker can return a specially crafted DCC message without a source nick or host value and cause the application to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
2) Memory corruption (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9469)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists due to out-of-bounds memory error. A remote attacker can send specially crafted incorrectly quoted DCC files and cause the application to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.