glsa-201701-45.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201701-45">
  <title>irssi: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
  <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in irssi, the worst of
    which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">irssi</product>
  <announced>2017-01-19</announced>
  <revised count="01">2017-01-19</revised>
  <bug>604772</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="net-irc/irssi" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">0.8.21</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">0.8.21</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>irssi is a modular textUI IRC client with IPv6 support.</p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in irssi. Please review
      the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the
      privileges of the process or cause a Denial of Service condition.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All irssi users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-irc/irssi-0.8.21"
    </code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5193">CVE-2017-5193</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5194">CVE-2017-5194</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5195">CVE-2017-5195</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-5196">CVE-2017-5196</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2017-01-18T08:22:08Z">b-man</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2017-01-19T19:13:03Z">b-man</metadata>
</glsa>