Bug 1444880 (CVE-2017-8073) - CVE-2017-8073 weechat: Buffer overflow in the irc_ctcp_dcc_filename_without_quotes function
Summary: CVE-2017-8073 weechat: Buffer overflow in the irc_ctcp_dcc_filename_without_q...
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Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM
Alias: CVE-2017-8073
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1444881 1444882
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-04-24 13:20 UTC by Andrej Nemec
Modified: 2021-02-17 02:14 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: weechat 1.7.1
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Last Closed: 2019-06-08 03:11:05 UTC
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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.
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