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Alpine Linux: CVE-2018-5206: NULL Pointer Dereference

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2018-5206: NULL Pointer Dereference

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
01/06/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/21/2018
Modified
10/01/2024

Description

When the channel topic is set without specifying a sender, Irssi before 1.0.6 may dereference a NULL pointer.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-irssi

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