Irssi Denial of Service and SSL Hostname Verification Security Bypass Vulnerabilities

BID:39377

Info

Irssi Denial of Service and SSL Hostname Verification Security Bypass Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 39377
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2010-1155
CVE-2010-1156
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Apr 12 2010 12:00AM
Updated: Jun 21 2010 04:19PM
Credit: Reported by the vendor
Vulnerable: Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.10 sparc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.10 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.10 lpia
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.10 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.10 amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.04 sparc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.04 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.04 lpia
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.04 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.04 amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.10 sparc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.10 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.10 lpia
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.10 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.10 amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS sparc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS lpia
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS amd64
Slackware Linux 10.2
Slackware Linux 10.1
Slackware Linux x86_64 -current
Slackware Linux 13.0 x86_64
Slackware Linux 13.0
Slackware Linux 12.2
Slackware Linux 12.1
Slackware Linux 12.0
Slackware Linux 11.0
Slackware Linux -current
S.u.S.E. openSUSE 11.2
S.u.S.E. openSUSE 11.1
S.u.S.E. openSUSE 11.0
Red Hat Fedora 13
Red Hat Fedora 12
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2010.0 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2010.0
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2009.1 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2009.1
irssi irssi 0.8.14
irssi irssi 0.8.13
irssi irssi 0.8.11
irssi irssi 0.8.9
irssi irssi 0.8.8
irssi irssi 0.8.7
irssi irssi 0.8.6
irssi irssi 0.8.5
irssi irssi 0.8.4
- Debian Linux 2.2 sparc
 - Debian Linux 2.2 powerpc
 - Debian Linux 2.2 IA-32
 - Debian Linux 2.2 arm
 - Debian Linux 2.2 alpha
 - Debian Linux 2.2 68k
 - Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.2
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.1 ia64
 - Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.1
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0 ppc
 - Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0
- RedHat Linux 7.3 i386
 - RedHat Linux 7.2 ia64
 - RedHat Linux 7.2 i386
 - RedHat Linux 7.1 i386
 - S.u.S.E. Linux 8.0 i386
 - S.u.S.E. Linux 7.3 i386
 - S.u.S.E. Linux 7.2 i386
 irssi irssi 0.8.10rc5
Not Vulnerable: irssi irssi 0.8.15

Discussion

Irssi Denial of Service and SSL Hostname Verification Security Bypass Vulnerabilities

Irssi is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability and a security-bypass vulnerability.

An attacker can exploit these issues to gain unauthorized access to the affected computer and to crash the affected application.

Versions prior to Irssi 0.8.15 are vulnerable.

Exploit / POC

Irssi Denial of Service and SSL Hostname Verification Security Bypass Vulnerabilities

An attacker may exploit the security-bypass issue by using readily available network utilities. Currently we are not aware of any working exploits for the denial-of-service issue. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Solution / Fix

Irssi Denial of Service and SSL Hostname Verification Security Bypass Vulnerabilities

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for more information.


Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.10 sparc

Slackware Linux x86_64 -current

Slackware Linux 12.0

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2009.1 x86_64

Slackware Linux -current

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS powerpc

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.10 powerpc

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS sparc

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.10 i386

Slackware Linux 12.2

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.10 powerpc

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS amd64

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.10 lpia

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.04 sparc

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2010.0

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS lpia

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.04 powerpc

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.10 lpia

Slackware Linux 13.0 x86_64

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2010.0 x86_64

Slackware Linux 12.1

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.04 i386

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.04 lpia

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.10 sparc

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.10 i386

Slackware Linux 13.0

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.10 amd64

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS i386

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.04 amd64

Slackware Linux 11.0

irssi irssi 0.8.10rc5

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2009.1

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.10 amd64

irssi irssi 0.8.11

irssi irssi 0.8.13

irssi irssi 0.8.14

irssi irssi 0.8.4

irssi irssi 0.8.5

irssi irssi 0.8.6

irssi irssi 0.8.7

irssi irssi 0.8.8

irssi irssi 0.8.9

Slackware Linux 10.1

Slackware Linux 10.2

References

Irssi Denial of Service and SSL Hostname Verification Security Bypass Vulnerabilities

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