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USN259-1 : irssi-text vulnerability

Vulnerability Assessment Summary irssi-text vulnerability Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment Summary : The remote package "irssi-text" is missing a security patch. Description : A Denial of Service vulnerability was discoverd in irssi. The DCC ACCEPT command handler did not sufficiently verify the remotely specified arguments. A remote attacker could exploit this to crash irssi by sending a specially crafted DCC commands. Solution : Upgrade to : - irssi-text-0.8.9+0.8.10rc5-0ubuntu4.1 (Ubuntu 5.10) Network Security Threat Level: High Networks Security ID: Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2005 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2005 Michel Arboi

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