CVE-2017-5356
published 2017-03-03CVE-2017-5356: Irssi before 0.8.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a string containing a formatting sequence (%[)…
PriorityP335high7.5CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
4.78%
91.0th percentile
Irssi before 0.8.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a string containing a formatting sequence (%[) without a closing bracket (]).
Affected
9 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | irssi | < irssi 0.8.21-1 (bookworm) | irssi 0.8.21-1 (bookworm) |
| irssi | irssi | < 0.8.21 | 0.8.21 |
| irssi | irssi | >= 0 < 0.8.21-1 | 0.8.21-1 |
| irssi | irssi | >= 0 < 0.8.21-1 | 0.8.21-1 |
| irssi | irssi | >= 0 < 0.8.21-1 | 0.8.21-1 |
| irssi | irssi | >= 0 < 0.8.21-1 | 0.8.21-1 |
| irssi | irssi | >= 0 < 0.8.15-5ubuntu3.1 | 0.8.15-5ubuntu3.1 |
| irssi | irssi | >= 0 < 0.8.19-1ubuntu1.3 | 0.8.19-1ubuntu1.3 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.07.5HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv7.5HIGH
vendor_debian7.5LOW
vendor_redhat7.5HIGH
vendor_ubuntu3.3LOW
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Ubuntu
Irssi vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2017-02-01·CVSS 3.3
CVE-2016-7553 [LOW] Irssi vulnerabilities
Title: Irssi vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Irssi.
It was discovered that the Irssi buf.pl script set incorrect permissions. A
local attacker could use this issue to retrieve another user's window
contents. (CVE-2016-7553)
Joseph Bisch discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled comparing nicks. A
remote attacker could use this issue to cause Irssi to crash, resulting in
a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-5193)
It was discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled invalid nick messages. A
remote attacker could use this issue to cause Irssi to crash, resulting in
a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-5194)
Joseph Bisch discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled certain incomplete
control codes. A remot
Red Hat
irssi: Out-of-bounds read in format string
vendor_redhat·2017-01-12·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2017-5356 [HIGH] CWE-125 irssi: Out-of-bounds read in format string
irssi: Out-of-bounds read in format string
Irssi before 0.8.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a string containing a formatting sequence (%[) without a closing bracket (]).
Statement: Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
Package: irssi (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Will not fix
Package: irssi (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Will not fix
Debian
CVE-2017-5356: irssi - Irssi before 0.8.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of...
vendor_debian·2017·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2017-5356 [HIGH] CVE-2017-5356: irssi - Irssi before 0.8.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of...
Irssi before 0.8.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a string containing a formatting sequence (%[) without a closing bracket (]).
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 0.8.21-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 0.8.21-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 0.8.21-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 0.8.21-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 0.8.21-1)
GHSA
GHSA-rxfr-9cmv-jwxm: Irssi before 0
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-14
CVE-2017-5356 [HIGH] CWE-125 GHSA-rxfr-9cmv-jwxm: Irssi before 0
Irssi before 0.8.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a string containing a formatting sequence (%[) without a closing bracket (]).
OSV
CVE-2017-5356: Irssi before 0
osv·2017-03-03·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2017-5356 [HIGH] CVE-2017-5356: Irssi before 0
Irssi before 0.8.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a string containing a formatting sequence (%[) without a closing bracket (]).
OSV
irssi vulnerabilities
osv·2017-02-01·CVSS 3.3
CVE-2016-7553 [LOW] irssi vulnerabilities
irssi vulnerabilities
It was discovered that the Irssi buf.pl script set incorrect permissions. A
local attacker could use this issue to retrieve another user's window
contents. (CVE-2016-7553)
Joseph Bisch discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled comparing nicks. A
remote attacker could use this issue to cause Irssi to crash, resulting in
a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-5193)
It was discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled invalid nick messages. A
remote attacker could use this issue to cause Irssi to crash, resulting in
a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-5194)
Joseph Bisch discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled certain incomplete
control codes. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Irssi to
crash, resul
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-5356 irssi: Out-of-bounds read in format string
bugzilla·2017-01-17·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2017-5356 [HIGH] CVE-2017-5356 irssi: Out-of-bounds read in format string
CVE-2017-5356 irssi: Out-of-bounds read in format string
A vulnerability was found in irssi. Printing the value %[ leads to out-of-bounds read.
CVE assignment:
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q1/77
Discussion:
Created irssi tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1410829]
Affects: epel-5 [bug 1410830]
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Corresponding patch for CVE-2017-5356 :
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Lowering the impact to low : the attacker would need to trick user into loading a maliciously crafted theme, or running a malicious command in order to crash irssi.
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Statement:
Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://acc
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-5193 CVE-2017-5194 CVE-2017-5356 irssi: various flaws [epel-5]
bugzilla·2017-01-06·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2017-5193 [HIGH] CVE-2017-5193 CVE-2017-5194 CVE-2017-5356 irssi: various flaws [epel-5]
CVE-2017-5193 CVE-2017-5194 CVE-2017-5356 irssi: various flaws [epel-5]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of Fedora EPEL.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
[bug automatically created by: add-tracking-bugs]
Discu
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-5193 CVE-2017-5194 CVE-2017-5195 CVE-2017-5196 CVE-2017-5356 irssi: various flaws [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2017-01-06·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2017-5193 [HIGH] CVE-2017-5193 CVE-2017-5194 CVE-2017-5195 CVE-2017-5196 CVE-2017-5356 irssi: various flaws [fedora-all]
CVE-2017-5193 CVE-2017-5194 CVE-2017-5195 CVE-2017-5196 CVE-2017-5356 irssi: various flaws [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of Fedora.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE: this issue affects multi
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/12/8http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/13/2http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96581https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/55-Fuzzing-Irssi-with-Perl-Scripts.htmlhttps://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_01.txthttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00022.htmlhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/12/8http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/13/2http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96581https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/55-Fuzzing-Irssi-with-Perl-Scripts.htmlhttps://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_01.txthttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00022.html
2017-03-03
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