Irssi
CVE-2020-29602
CRITICAL
Vulnerability Assessment
| Impact | CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | This vulnerability can be exploited remotely over the network. Successful exploitation could compromise the critical-severity affected system. |
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The official irssi docker images before 1.1-alpine (Alpine specific) contain a blank password for a root user. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
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No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.
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The official irssi docker images before 1.1-alpine (Alpine specific) contain a blank password for a root user. System using the irssi docker container deployed by affected versions of the Docker image may allow an remote attacker to achieve root access with a blank password. Affected products include: Irssi Docker Image. Version information: before 1.1.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
The official irssi docker images before 1.1-alpine (Alpine specific) contain a blank password for a root user. System using the irssi docker container deployed by affected versions of the Docker image may allow an remote attacker to achieve root access with a blank password.
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Attack Technique
Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
Irssi before 0.8.21 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a string con
The unformat_24bit_color function in the format parsing code in Irssi before 0.8.20, when compiled with true-color enabl
The format_send_to_gui function in the format parsing code in Irssi before 0.8.20 allows remote attackers to cause a den
The netjoin processing in Irssi 1.x before 1.0.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) and poss
An issue was discovered in Irssi before 1.0.4. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploi
An issue was discovered in Irssi before 1.0.4. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploi
Irssi 1.2.x before 1.2.2 has a use-after-free if the IRC server sends a double CAP. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8),
Irssi 1.1.x before 1.1.2 has a use after free when hidden lines are expired from the scroll buffer. Rated critical sever
An issue was discovered in Irssi before 1.0.7 and 1.1.x before 1.1.1. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerabi
An issue was discovered in Irssi before 1.0.7 and 1.1.x before 1.1.1. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerabi
In Irssi before 1.0.6, a calculation error in the completion code could cause a heap buffer overflow when completing cer
When the channel topic is set without specifying a sender, Irssi before 1.0.6 may dereference a NULL pointer. Rated crit
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