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HistoryNov 25, 2016 - 12:00 a.m.

irssi - security update

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An information disclosure vulnerability was found in irssi.

  • CVE-2016-7553
    Other users on the same machine as the user running irssi with
    buf.pl loaded may be able to retrieve the whole window contents
    after /UPGRADE.
    Furthermore, this dump of the windows contents is never removed
    afterwards.

For Debian 7 Wheezy, this problems have been fixed in version
0.8.15-5+deb7u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your irssi packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: <https://wiki.debian.org/LTS&gt;