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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.67289
Category:FreeBSD Local Security Checks
Title:FreeBSD Ports: irssi
Summary:The remote host is missing an update to the system; as announced in the referenced advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update to the system
as announced in the referenced advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
The following packages are affected:

irssi
zh-irssi
irssi-devel

CVE-2010-1155
Irssi before 0.8.15, when SSL is used, does not verify that the server
hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) field
or a Subject Alternative Name field of the X.509 certificate, which
allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof IRC servers via an
arbitrary certificate.

CVE-2010-1156
core/nicklist.c in Irssi before 0.8.15 allows remote attackers to
cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application
crash) via vectors related to an attempted fuzzy nick match at the
instant that a victim leaves a channel.

Solution:
Update your system with the appropriate patches or
software upgrades.

CVSS Score:
6.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2010-1155
39365
http://secunia.com/advisories/39365
39620
http://secunia.com/advisories/39620
39797
http://secunia.com/advisories/39797
ADV-2010-0856
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0856
ADV-2010-0987
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0987
ADV-2010-1107
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1107
ADV-2010-1110
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1110
FEDORA-2010-6629
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041054.html
SSA:2010-116-01
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.497301
SUSE-SR:2010:011
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-05/msg00001.html
USN-929-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-929-1
[oss-security] 20100411 CVE request: irssi 0.8.15
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127098845125270&w=2
[oss-security] 20100412 Re: CVE request: irssi 0.8.15
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127110132019166&w=2
[oss-security] 20100413 Re: CVE request: irssi 0.8.15
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127116251220784&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127119240204394&w=2
http://github.com/ensc/irssi-proxy/commit/85bbc05b21678e80423815d2ef1dfe26208491ab
http://irssi.org/news
http://irssi.org/news/ChangeLog
irssi-hostname-mitm(57790)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57790
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2010-1156
1023845
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023845
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127111071631857&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127115784314970&w=2
http://svn.irssi.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/irssi/trunk/src/core/nicklist.c?root=irssi&r1=4922&r2=5126
irssi-unspecified-dos(57791)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57791
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