USN-259-1: irssi vulnerability
2 March 2006
irssi vulnerability
Releases
Details
A Denial of Service vulnerability was discoverd in irssi. The DCC
ACCEPT command handler did not sufficiently verify the remotely
specified arguments. A remote attacker could exploit this to crash
irssi by sending a specially crafted DCC commands.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 5.10
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irssi-text
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In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.