| Name | CVE-2018-5205 |
| Description | When using incomplete escape codes, Irssi before 1.0.6 may access data beyond the end of the string. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-4162-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 886475 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| irssi (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 0.8.17-1+deb8u5 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 1.0.7-1~deb9u2 | fixed |
| buster | 1.2.0-2+deb10u1 | fixed |
| 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 | stretch | 1.0.7-1~deb9u1 | | DSA-4162-1 | |
| irssi | source | (unstable) | 1.0.7-1 | | | 886475 |
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