PT-2016-7383 · Irssi+1 · Irssi+1

Juerd Waalboer · Published 2016-09-27 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2016-7553

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

3.3

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Irssi versions prior to 0.8.20

Description The issue concerns the buf.pl script in Irssi, which uses weak permissions for the scrollbuffer dump file. This might allow local users to obtain sensitive information from private chat conversations by reading the file.

Recommendations For Irssi versions prior to 0.8.20, update to version 0.8.20 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-275

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-7553

DLA-722-1

MGASA-2016-0384

OPENSUSE-SU-2016:2524-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10455-1

SUSE-SU-2016:2524-1

USN-3184-1

Affected Products

Irssi

Ubuntu

References · 37

• https://github.com/irssi/scripts.irssi.org/commit/f1b1eb154baa684fad5d65bf4dff79c8ded8b65a · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2016-0384 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0384.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-7553 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7553 · Security Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/24/1 · Patch
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5195 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3184-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2016:2524-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7553 · Vendor Advisory
• https://irssi.org/security/buf_pl_sa_2016.txt · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/thread/3WUJ5QGF7IUNO3MJE76PYJHMHXYMAGNU · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7553 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/26/4 · Patch
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5196 · Vendor Advisory