Gentoo FoundationGLSA-200904-04WeeChat: Denial of service
5 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.096 Low
EPSS
Percentile
94.8%
Background
Wee Enhanced Environment for Chat (WeeChat) is a light and extensible console IRC client.
Description
Sebastien Helleu reported an array out-of-bounds error in the colored message handling.
Impact
A remote attacker could send a specially crafted PRIVMSG command, possibly leading to a Denial of Service (application crash).
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All WeeChat users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-irc/weechat-0.2.6.1"
| OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gentoo | any | all | net-irc/weechat | < 0.2.6.1 | UNKNOWN |
Related
5 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.096 Low
EPSS
Percentile
94.8%