Debian Security Advisory
DLA-919-1 weechat -- LTS security update
- Date Reported:
- 26 Apr 2017
- Affected Packages:
- weechat
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 861121.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2017-8073. - More information:
-
WeeChat before allows a remote crash by sending a filename via DCC to the IRC plugin.
For Debian 7
Wheezy
, these problems have been fixed in version 0.3.8-1+deb7u2.We recommend that you upgrade your weechat packages.
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