irssi vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 18.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary
Irssi could be made to crash or execute arbitrary code if it received a specially crafted input.
Software Description
- irssi - terminal based IRC client
Details
It was discovered that Irssi incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or to execute arbitrary code.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 18.10
- irssi - 1.1.1-1ubuntu1.1
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- irssi - 1.0.5-1ubuntu4.1
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- irssi - 0.8.19-1ubuntu1.8
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- irssi - 0.8.15-5ubuntu3.6
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system update you need to restart Irssi to make all the necessary changes.