CVE-2017-9469

NameCVE-2017-9469
DescriptionIn Irssi before 1.0.3, when receiving certain incorrectly quoted DCC files, it tries to find the terminating quote one byte before the allocated memory. Thus, remote attackers might be able to cause a crash.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-1088-1, DSA-3885-1
Debian Bugs864400

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
irssi (PTS)buster1.2.0-2+deb10u1fixed
bullseye1.2.3-1fixed
bookworm1.4.3-2fixed
sid, trixie1.4.5-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
irssisourcewheezy0.8.15-5+deb7u2DLA-1088-1
irssisourcejessie0.8.17-1+deb8u4DSA-3885-1
irssisourcestretch1.0.2-1+deb9u1DSA-3885-1
irssisource(unstable)1.0.3-1864400

Notes

https://github.com/irssi/irssi/commit/30a92754bb650c3dedd507d41110443142899a65
https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_06.txt

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