Buffer overflow in WeeChat - CVE-2017-8073

Vulnerability identifier: #VU11097

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-8073

CWE-ID: CWE-120

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists due to buffer overflow. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted filename via DCC and cause the service to crash.

WeeChat
Arch Linux
Debian Linux
Fedora
weechat (Alpine package)
weechat

Update to version 1.7.1 or 1.7-3.

weechat (Alpine package) - update to 1.2-r1
weechat - addressed in versions 1.7.1-1.fc24, 1.7.1-1.fc25, 1.7.1-1.fc26, 2.7.1-1.el7, 2.7.1-1.fc30, 2.7.1-1.fc31, 2.7.1-1.fc32

• https://github.com/weechat/weechat/commit/2fb346f25f79e412cf0ed314fdf791763c19b70b

• Arch Linux update for weechat
• Debian update for weechat
• Buffer overflow in weechat (Alpine package)
• Fedora 26 update for weechat
• Fedora 25 update for weechat
• Fedora 24 update for weechat
• Fedora 31 update for weechat
• Fedora EPEL 7 update for weechat
• Fedora 32 update for weechat
• Fedora 30 update for weechat