PT-2017-18941 · Irssi+2 · Irssi+2

Published 2017-06-06 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2017-9468

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 1.0.3

Description The issue occurs when Irssi receives a DCC message without source nick/host, causing it to attempt to dereference a NULL pointer. This can lead to a crash, which can be triggered by remote IRC servers.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.0.3, update to version 1.0.3 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2020-1665

ALT-PU-2020-3488

ALT-PU-2024-3802

CVE-2017-9468

DLA-1088-1

DSA-3885-1

MGASA-2017-0185

OPENSUSE-SU-2017:1505-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2017:1515-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10865-1

USN-3317-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Irssi

Ubuntu

References · 84

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-7052 · Security Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/06/4 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9468 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3317-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3317-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-9468 · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2024-3802 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-15721 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-15723 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-9468 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9469 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-7054 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-10965 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-15227 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3885-1 · Vendor Advisory