SB2017061532 - Memory corruption in irssi (Alpine package)
Published: June 15, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017061532
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) 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.
References
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=23cf1dbb3d0a33b1e2ee725878d76f60a53d8e32
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=43cda781d02e0252a7043e51eebb6b8e62e1806a
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=c4e35c92e1389de8f3e842a194ec98a50a96e219
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=193541208f498e8907a0a72a35ea442df88b7bfc
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=67b8436da3f1149e3ab586903f66aa8caa480676