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Alpine Linux: CVE-2020-8955: Classic Buffer Overflow

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2020-8955: Classic Buffer Overflow

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/12/2020
Created
08/23/2024
Added
08/22/2024
Modified
10/02/2024

Description

irc_mode_channel_update in plugins/irc/irc-mode.c in WeeChat through 2.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed IRC message 324 (channel mode).

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-weechat

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