PT-2017-16379 · Alt Linux+2 · Alt Linux+2

Published 2017-01-06 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2017-5194

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Irssi versions prior to 0.8.21 ALT Linux (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to a use-after-free vulnerability that allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a crash. This can be achieved via an invalid nick message.

Recommendations For Irssi versions prior to 0.8.21, update to version 0.8.21 or later to resolve the issue. For ALT Linux, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-1045

CVE-2017-5194

DLA-1217-1

MGASA-2017-0018

OPENSUSE-SU-2017:0093-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2017:0094-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10865-1

USN-3184-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Irssi

Ubuntu

References · 66

• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5194 · Security Note
• https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_01.txt · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5196 · Security Note
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0018.html · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5194 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3184-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-5193 · Security Note
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-45 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5194 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5196 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5194 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7553 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5194 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5193 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5194 · Security Note