Vulnerabilities > CVE-2017-5196 - Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in Irssi 0.8.18/0.8.19/0.8.20
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
HIGH Summary
Irssi 0.8.18 before 0.8.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via vectors involving strings that are not UTF8.
Vulnerable Configurations
Part | Description | Count |
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Application | 6 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Overread Buffers An adversary attacks a target by providing input that causes an application to read beyond the boundary of a defined buffer. This typically occurs when a value influencing where to start or stop reading is set to reflect positions outside of the valid memory location of the buffer. This type of attack may result in exposure of sensitive information, a system crash, or arbitrary code execution.
Nessus
NASL family Gentoo Local Security Checks NASL id GENTOO_GLSA-201701-45.NASL description The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201701-45 (irssi: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in irssi. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or cause a Denial of Service condition. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 96642 published 2017-01-20 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/96642 title GLSA-201701-45 : irssi: Multiple vulnerabilities code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201701-45. # # The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2017 Gentoo Foundation, Inc. # and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike # license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(96642); script_version("$Revision: 3.3 $"); script_cvs_date("$Date: 2017/03/13 15:28:56 $"); script_cve_id("CVE-2017-5193", "CVE-2017-5194", "CVE-2017-5195", "CVE-2017-5196"); script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"201701-45"); script_name(english:"GLSA-201701-45 : irssi: Multiple vulnerabilities"); script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201701-45 (irssi: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in irssi. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or cause a Denial of Service condition. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-45" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value: "All irssi users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-irc/irssi-0.8.21'" ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:irssi"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/01/19"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/01/20"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2017 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("qpkg.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); flag = 0; if (qpkg_check(package:"net-irc/irssi", unaffected:make_list("ge 0.8.21"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 0.8.21"))) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get()); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else { tested = qpkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "irssi"); }
NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2017-7F9E997585.NASL description This is an security update fixing CVE-2017-5193, CVE-2017-5194, CVE-2017-5195, CVE-2017-5196, CVE-2017-5356. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2017-01-31 plugin id 96893 published 2017-01-31 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/96893 title Fedora 25 : irssi (2017-7f9e997585) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Fedora Security Advisory FEDORA-2017-7f9e997585. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(96893); script_version("3.5"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/04"); script_cve_id("CVE-2017-5193", "CVE-2017-5194", "CVE-2017-5195", "CVE-2017-5196", "CVE-2017-5356"); script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2017-7f9e997585"); script_name(english:"Fedora 25 : irssi (2017-7f9e997585)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package."); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "This is an security update fixing CVE-2017-5193, CVE-2017-5194, CVE-2017-5195, CVE-2017-5196, CVE-2017-5356. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-7f9e997585" ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected irssi package."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:irssi"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:25"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2017/03/03"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/01/30"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/01/31"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release"); if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora"); os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release); if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora"); os_ver = os_ver[1]; if (! preg(pattern:"^25([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 25", "Fedora " + os_ver); if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"FC25", reference:"irssi-0.8.21-1.fc25")) flag++; if (flag) { security_report_v4( port : 0, severity : SECURITY_WARNING, extra : rpm_report_get() ); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "irssi"); }
NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id OPENSUSE-2017-67.NASL description irssi was updated to fix four vulnerabilities that could result in denial of service (remote crash) when connecting to malicious servers or receiving specially crafted data. (boo#1018357) - CVE-2017-5193: NULL pointer dereference in the nickcmp function - CVE-2017-5194: out of bounds read in certain incomplete control codes - CVE-2017-5195: out of bounds read in certain incomplete character sequences - CVE-2017-5196: Correct an error when receiving invalid nick message last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2017-01-10 plugin id 96385 published 2017-01-10 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/96385 title openSUSE Security Update : irssi (openSUSE-2017-67) NASL family Slackware Local Security Checks NASL id SLACKWARE_SSA_2017-011-03.NASL description New irssi packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix security issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 96409 published 2017-01-12 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/96409 title Slackware 13.0 / 13.1 / 13.37 / 14.0 / 14.1 / 14.2 / current : irssi (SSA:2017-011-03) NASL family FreeBSD Local Security Checks NASL id FREEBSD_PKG_3D6BE69BD36511E6A071001E67F15F5A.NASL description Irssi reports : Five vulnerabilities have been located in Irssi - A NULL pointer dereference in the nickcmp function found by Joseph Bisch. (CWE-690) - Use after free when receiving invalid nick message (Issue #466, CWE-146) - Out of bounds read in certain incomplete control codes found by Joseph Bisch. (CWE-126) - Out of bounds read in certain incomplete character sequences found by Hanno Bock and independently by J. Bisch. (CWE-126) - Out of bounds read when Printing the value last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 96322 published 2017-01-06 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/96322 title FreeBSD : Irssi -- multiple vulnerabilities (3d6be69b-d365-11e6-a071-001e67f15f5a) NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-3184-1.NASL description It was discovered that the Irssi buf.pl script set incorrect permissions. A local attacker could use this issue to retrieve another user last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 96953 published 2017-02-02 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2017-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/96953 title Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 16.10 : irssi vulnerabilities (USN-3184-1) NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2017-D2E7217E2A.NASL description This is an security update fixing CVE-2017-5193, CVE-2017-5194, CVE-2017-5195, CVE-2017-5196, CVE-2017-5356. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2017-01-31 plugin id 96898 published 2017-01-31 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/96898 title Fedora 24 : irssi (2017-d2e7217e2a)