Bug 1444880 (CVE-2017-8073)

Summary:	CVE-2017-8073 weechat: Buffer overflow in the irc_ctcp_dcc_filename_without_quotes function
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Andrej Nemec <anemec>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED UPSTREAM	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	chandanrmail, gchamoul, i, karlthered, niveusluna, peter.borsa
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OS:	Linux
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Bug Depends On:	1444881, 1444882
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Description Andrej Nemec 2017-04-24 13:20:41 UTC

WeeChat before 1.7.1 allows a remote crash by sending a filename via DCC to the IRC plugin. This occurs in the irc_ctcp_dcc_filename_without_quotes function during quote removal, with a buffer overflow.

Upstream patch:

https://github.com/weechat/weechat/commit/2fb346f25f79e412cf0ed314fdf791763c19b70b

External References:

https://weechat.org/download/security/

Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2017-04-24 13:21:08 UTC

Created weechat tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 1444882]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1444881]

Comment 2 Product Security DevOps Team 2019-06-08 03:11:05 UTC

This CVE Bugzilla entry is for community support informational purposes only as it does not affect a package in a commercially supported Red Hat product. Refer to the dependent bugs for status of those individual community products.