| Name | CVE-2018-7054 |
| Description | An issue was discovered in Irssi before 1.0.7 and 1.1.x before 1.1.1. There is a use-after-free when a server is disconnected during netsplits. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-7191. |
| 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 | 890674 |
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 | fixed |
| 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 | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| irssi | source | jessie | (not affected) | | | |
| irssi | source | stretch | 1.0.7-1~deb9u1 | | DSA-4162-1 | |
| irssi | source | (unstable) | 1.0.7-1 | | | 890674 |
Notes
[jessie] - irssi <not-affected> (Vulnerable netsplit code introduced in 1.0.0)
[wheezy] - irssi <not-affected> (Vulnerable netsplit code introduced in 1.0.0)
https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2018_02.txt
Some netsplit related changes as introduced in 1.0.0 were reverted:
https://github.com/irssi/irssi/commit/7605f67f95b6ee1ac26dd8fb7f3121f319497943
https://github.com/irssi/irssi/commit/fa8508404f4c4a02749cae5148662e2322c2abf0
https://github.com/irssi/irssi/commit/a4f99ae746efb121185fe76c392a64d743a9eb92
But the CVE is specifically for the use-after-free issue.