CVE - CVE-2009-1959

CVE-ID
CVE-2009-1959	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Off-by-one error in the event_wallops function in fe-common/irc/fe-events.c in irssi 0.8.13 allows remote IRC servers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an empty command, which triggers a one-byte buffer under-read and a one-byte buffer underflow.
References
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BID:35399 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35399 CONFIRM:http://bugs.irssi.org/index.php?do=details&task_id=662 CONFIRM:http://www.irssi.org/ChangeLog FEDORA:FEDORA-2009-7012 URL:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00146.html MANDRIVA:MDVSA-2009:133 URL:~~http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:133~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:http://xorl.wordpress.com/2009/05/28/irssi-event_wallops-off-by-one-readwrite/ MLIST:[oss-security] 20090529 CVE Request (irssi) URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/29/3 SECTRACK:1022410 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022410 SECUNIA:35685 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/35685 SECUNIA:35812 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/35812 SECUNIA:36152 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/36152 SUSE:SUSE-SR:2009:012 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.html UBUNTU:USN-800-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-800-1 VUPEN:ADV-2009-1596 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1596~~ (Obsolete source) XF:irssi-eventwallops-dos(51184) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51184
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20090606	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20090606)
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