Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.703885
Category:	Debian Local Security Checks
Title:	Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-3885-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'irssi' package(s) announced via the DSA-3885-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'irssi' package(s) announced via the DSA-3885-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Irssi, a terminal based IRC client. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2017-9468 Joseph Bisch discovered that Irssi does not properly handle DCC messages without source nick/host. A malicious IRC server can take advantage of this flaw to cause Irssi to crash, resulting in a denial of service. CVE-2017-9469 Joseph Bisch discovered that Irssi does not properly handle receiving incorrectly quoted DCC files. A remote attacker can take advantage of this flaw to cause Irssi to crash, resulting in a denial of service. For the oldstable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 0.8.17-1+deb8u4. For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 1.0.2-1+deb9u1. For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 1.0.3-1. We recommend that you upgrade your irssi packages. Affected Software/OS: 'irssi' package(s) on Debian 8, Debian 9. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 5.0 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-9468 BugTraq ID: 99015 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99015 Debian Security Information: DSA-3885 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3885 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038621 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-9469 BugTraq ID: 99043 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99043
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