Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200909-13.
Solution
All irssi users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose =net-irc/irssi-0.8.13-r1
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200909-13 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=271875
Insight
A remotely exploitable off-by-one error leading to a heap overflow was found in irssi which might result in the execution of arbitrary code.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2009-1959 -
CVSS Base Score: 5.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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