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FreeBSD: VID-31001C6B-63E7-11E7-85AA-A4BADB2F4699 (CVE-2017-10965): irssi -- multiple vulnerabilities

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FreeBSD: VID-31001C6B-63E7-11E7-85AA-A4BADB2F4699 (CVE-2017-10965): irssi -- multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
07/05/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
07/08/2017
Modified
05/03/2019

Description

An issue was discovered in Irssi before 1.0.4. When receiving messages with invalid time stamps, Irssi would try to dereference a NULL pointer.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-irssi

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