Bug 1546223 (CVE-2018-7054) - CVE-2018-7054 irssi: use-after-free when a server is disconnected during netsplits
Summary: CVE-2018-7054 irssi: use-after-free when a server is disconnected during nets...
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2018-7054
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1546318 1563662 1563666
Blocks: 1546283
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2018-02-16 16:31 UTC by Laura Pardo
Modified: 2021-02-17 00:48 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

Fixed In Version: irssi 1.0.7, irssi 1.1.1
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Last Closed: 2018-04-04 13:48:52 UTC
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Description Laura Pardo 2018-02-16 16:31:42 UTC 
An issue was discovered in Irssi 1.0.0 and later. There is a use-after-free when a server is disconnected during netsplits. 


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https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2018_02.txt
Comment 1 Laura Pardo 2018-02-16 20:12:22 UTC 
Created irssi tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1546318]
Comment 4 Riccardo Schirone 2018-04-04 12:25:39 UTC 
Upstream patches:
https://github.com/irssi/irssi/commit/a6cae91cecba2e8cf11ed779c5da5a229472575c
https://github.com/irssi/irssi/commit/38ba3ca2c40fc8ccccec8dc3f360c4087e7dd498
Comment 6 Riccardo Schirone 2018-04-04 14:44:31 UTC 
Statement:

This issue did not affect the versions of Irssi as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7, since the affected code was introduced in Irssi version 1.0.0.
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