Irssi CVE-2017-9469 Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	99043
Class:	Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE:	CVE-2017-9469
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jun 07 2017 12:00AM
Updated:	Jul 21 2017 02:07PM
Credit:	Joseph Bisch
Vulnerable:	Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 17.04 Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 16.10 Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 16.04 LTS Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 14.04 LTS Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 + Trustix Secure Enterprise Linux 2.0 + Trustix Secure Linux 2.2 + Trustix Secure Linux 2.1 + Trustix Secure Linux 2.0 Oracle Solaris 11.3 irssi irssi 1.0.2 irssi irssi 1.0.1 irssi irssi 1.0 Debian Linux 6.0 sparc Debian Linux 6.0 s/390 Debian Linux 6.0 powerpc Debian Linux 6.0 mips Debian Linux 6.0 ia-64 Debian Linux 6.0 ia-32 Debian Linux 6.0 arm Debian Linux 6.0 amd64
Not Vulnerable:	irssi irssi 1.0.3

Irssi CVE-2017-9469 Denial of Service Vulnerability

Irssi is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability.

Attackers can exploit this issue to crash the affected application, resulting in denial-of-service conditions.

Irssi versions 1.0.0 through 1.0.2 are vulnerable.

Irssi CVE-2017-9469 Denial of Service Vulnerability

Currently, we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Irssi CVE-2017-9469 Denial of Service Vulnerability

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

Irssi CVE-2017-9469 Denial of Service Vulnerability

References:

• CVE-2017-9469 (Red Hat)
  
• Irssi Homepage (Irssi)
  
• irssi: Invalid read when receiving certain incorrectly quoted DCC files (Red Hat)
  
• IRSSI-SA-2017-06 Irssi Security Advisory (Irssi)
  
• Oracle Solaris Third Party Bulletin - July 2017 (Oracle)