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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.840424
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-929-2)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'irssi' package(s) announced via the USN-929-2 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'irssi' package(s) announced via the USN-929-2 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
USN-929-1 fixed vulnerabilities in irssi. The upstream changes introduced a
regression when using irssi with SSL and an IRC proxy. This update fixes
the problem.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that irssi did not perform certificate host validation
when using SSL connections. An attacker could exploit this to perform a man
in the middle attack to view sensitive information or alter encrypted
communications. (CVE-2010-1155)

Aurelien Delaitre discovered that irssi could be made to dereference a NULL
pointer when a user left the channel. A remote attacker could cause a
denial of service via application crash. (CVE-2010-1156)

This update also adds SSLv3 and TLSv1 support, while disabling the old,
insecure SSLv2 protocol.

Affected Software/OS:
'irssi' package(s) on Ubuntu 8.04, Ubuntu 8.10, Ubuntu 9.04, Ubuntu 9.10.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

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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