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List:       oss-security
Subject:    Re: [oss-security] CVE Request (irssi)
From:       "Steven M. Christey" <coley () linus ! mitre ! org>
Date:       2009-06-06 17:49:13
Message-ID: Pine.GSO.4.51.0906061349060.28142 () faron ! mitre ! org
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Name: CVE-2009-1959
Status: Candidate
URL: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1959
Reference: MLIST:[oss-security] 20090529 CVE Request (irssi)
Reference: URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/29/3
Reference: MISC:http://xorl.wordpress.com/2009/05/28/irssi-event_wallops-off-by-one-readwrite/
Reference: CONFIRM:http://bugs.irssi.org/index.php?do=details&task_id=662
Reference: CONFIRM:http://www.irssi.org/ChangeLog

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.


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