CVE-2017-10966

Publication date 7 July 2017

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

An issue was discovered in Irssi before 1.0.4. While updating the internal nick list, Irssi could incorrectly use the GHashTable interface and free the nick while updating it. This would then result in use-after-free conditions on each access of the hash table.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
irssi	17.10 artful	Not affected
	17.04 zesty	Fixed 0.8.20-2ubuntu2.2
	16.10 yakkety	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 0.8.19-1ubuntu1.5
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 0.8.15-5ubuntu3.3

Notes

mdeslaur

same commit as CVE-2017-10965

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
irssi	Upstream: 5e26325

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	9.8 · Critical
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-3465-1
Irssi vulnerabilities
26 October 2017