Mandrake alert: Updated irssi packages fix remote crash
A vulnerability in versions of irssi prior to 0.8.9 would allow a remote user to crash another user's irssi client provided that the client was on a non-x86 architecture or if the "gui print text" signal is being used by some script or plugin.
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Mandrake Linux Security Update Advisory
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Package name: irssi
Advisory ID: MDKSA-2003:117
Date: December 18th, 2003
Affected versions: 9.1, 9.2
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Problem Description:
A vulnerability in versions of irssi prior to 0.8.9 would allow a
remote user to crash another user's irssi client provided that the
client was on a non-x86 architecture or if the "gui print text"
signal is being used by some script or plugin.
The updated packages provide 0.8.9 which corrects the problem.
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References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/347218
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Updated Packages:
Mandrake Linux 9.1:
ab459ceb0ca53a110745d94b901612c1 9.1/RPMS/irssi-0.8.9-0.1.91mdk.i586.rpm
9f30065ecd80da6f6e1568ffe80269c1 9.1/RPMS/irssi-devel-0.8.9-0.1.91mdk.i586.rpm
be7ee7f215a1605fc0c5e168a195c633 9.1/SRPMS/irssi-0.8.9-0.1.91mdk.src.rpm
Mandrake Linux 9.1/PPC:
7a40107bfd7d9c9fba8e2c30ca30b4e6 ppc/9.1/RPMS/irssi-0.8.9-0.1.91mdk.ppc.rpm
87fff9fbee0ff24c87edde5e4b2ed715 ppc/9.1/RPMS/irssi-devel-0.8.9-0.1.91mdk.ppc.rpm
be7ee7f215a1605fc0c5e168a195c633 ppc/9.1/SRPMS/irssi-0.8.9-0.1.91mdk.src.rpm
Mandrake Linux 9.2:
97f1183b4109ae677a4605aee151cf6c 9.2/RPMS/irssi-0.8.9-0.1.92mdk.i586.rpm
b09a1ef356db586070bf696abee5a564 9.2/RPMS/irssi-devel-0.8.9-0.1.92mdk.i586.rpm
b33bfbe2ac0e92b52bfaf05ca68dc3f0 9.2/SRPMS/irssi-0.8.9-0.1.92mdk.src.rpm
Mandrake Linux 9.2/AMD64:
a0ffd9b18c4ba81f178d393151b0607d amd64/9.2/RPMS/irssi-0.8.9-0.1.92mdk.amd64.rpm
9a147f59b58e46e516576f306545a24a amd64/9.2/RPMS/irssi-devel-0.8.9-0.1.92mdk.amd64.rpm
b33bfbe2ac0e92b52bfaf05ca68dc3f0 amd64/9.2/SRPMS/irssi-0.8.9-0.1.92mdk.src.rpm
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Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Linux Mandrake Security Team
<security linux-mandrake.com>
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