1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
| Advisory Reference | GLSA 200904-04 / weechat |
| Release Date | April 04, 2009 |
| Latest Revision | April 04, 2009: 01 |
| Impact | normal |
| Exploitable | remote |
| Package | Vulnerable versions | Unaffected versions | Architecture(s) |
| net-irc/weechat | < 0.2.6.1 | >= 0.2.6.1 | All supported architectures |
Related bugreports: #262997
A processing error in WeeChat might lead to a Denial of Service.
Wee Enhanced Environment for Chat (WeeChat) is a light and extensible console IRC client.
Sebastien Helleu reported an array out-of-bounds error in the colored message handling.
A remote attacker could send a specially crafted PRIVMSG command, possibly leading to a Denial of Service (application crash).
There is no known workaround at this time.
All WeeChat users should upgrade to the latest version:
Code Listing 3.1: Resolution |
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-irc/weechat-0.2.6.1" |