PT-2017-11643 · Irssi+2 · Irssi+2

Brian Carpenter + 1 · Published 2017-07-07 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2017-10966

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Irssi versions prior to 1.0.4

Description An issue was discovered where Irssi could incorrectly use the GHashTable interface and free the nick while updating it, resulting in use-after-free conditions on each access of the hash table.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.0.4, update to version 1.0.4 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2020-1665

ALT-PU-2020-3488

ALT-PU-2024-3802

CVE-2017-10966

DLA-1089-1

DSA-4016-1

MGASA-2017-0216

OPENSUSE-SU-2017:1823-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2017:1824-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10865-1

USN-3465-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Irssi

Ubuntu

References · 55

• https://github.com/irssi/irssi/commit/5e26325317c72a04c1610ad952974e206384d291 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2017-10966 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-10966 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-10966 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0216.html · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-10965 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3465-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10865-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-10966 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-10966 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-10966 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15722 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-4016-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2017:1824-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2017-0216 · Vendor Advisory