CVE-2018-5205

NameCVE-2018-5205
DescriptionWhen using incomplete escape codes, Irssi before 1.0.6 may access data beyond the end of the string.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-4162-1
Debian Bugs886475

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
irssi (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)0.8.17-1+deb8u5vulnerable
stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch1.0.7-1~deb9u2fixed
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
irssisourcestretch1.0.7-1~deb9u1DSA-4162-1
irssisource(unstable)1.0.7-1886475

Notes

[jessie] - irssi <ignored> (Minor issue)
[wheezy] - irssi <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2018_01.txt
https://github.com/irssi/irssi/releases/download/1.0.6/irssi-1.0.5_1.0.6.diff

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