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Posted on 27 April 2017
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3836-1 security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso
April 27, 2017 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : weechat
CVE ID : CVE-2017-8073
Debian Bug : 861121
It was discovered that weechat, a fast and light chat client, is prone
to a buffer overflow vulnerability in the IRC plugin, allowing a remote
attacker to cause a denial-of-service by sending a specially crafted
filename via DCC.
For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.0.1-1+deb8u1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.7-3.
We recommend that you upgrade your weechat packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
