| Name | CVE-2017-7191 |
| Description | The netjoin processing in Irssi 1.x before 1.0.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 857502 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| irssi (PTS) | bullseye | 1.2.3-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1.4.3-2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1.4.5-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| irssi | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| irssi | source | jessie | (not affected) | | | |
| irssi | source | (unstable) | 1.0.2-1 | | | 857502 |
Notes
[jessie] - irssi <not-affected> (Different code path caused the netjoins to be flushed prior reaching use-after-free condition)
[wheezy] - irssi <not-affected> (Different code path caused the netjoins to be flushed prior reaching use-after-free condition)
https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2017_03.txt
https://github.com/irssi/irssi/commit/77b2631c78461965bc9a7414aae206b5c514e1b3