CVE-2017-15721: Null Pointer Dereference
First published: Sun Oct 22 2017(Updated: )
In Irssi before 1.0.5, certain incorrectly formatted DCC CTCP messages could cause a NULL pointer dereference. This is a separate, but similar, issue relative to CVE-2017-9468.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Irssi Irssi | <=1.0.4 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =7.0 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =8.0 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =9.0 | |
| debian/irssi | 1.2.0-2+deb10u1 1.2.3-1 1.4.3-2 1.4.5-1 |
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Reference Links
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/10/22/4
- https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_10.txt
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00022.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4016
- https://github.com/irssi/irssi/commit/43e44d553d44e313003cee87e6ea5e24d68b84a1
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-15721
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