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   openSUSE Security Update: irssi security update
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Announcement ID:    openSUSE-SU-2010:0183-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #596005 
Cross-References:   CVE-2010-1155 CVE-2010-1156
Affected Products:
                    openSUSE 11.2
                    openSUSE 11.1
                    openSUSE 11.0
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   An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

Description:

   irssi did not check the identity information of a remote
   hosts's certificate. Attackers could exploit that for a
   man-in-the-middle attack (CVE-2010-1155).

   irssi could crash if someone changed nick while the victim
   was leaving the channel (CVE-2010-1156).


Patch Instructions:

   To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - openSUSE 11.2:

      zypper in -t patch irssi-2368

   - openSUSE 11.1:

      zypper in -t patch irssi-2368

   - openSUSE 11.0:

      zypper in -t patch irssi-2368

   To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List:

   - openSUSE 11.2 (i586 src x86_64):

      irssi-0.8.13-2.2.1

   - openSUSE 11.2 (i586 x86_64):

      irssi-devel-0.8.13-2.2.1

   - openSUSE 11.1 (i586 ppc src x86_64):

      irssi-0.8.12-30.71.1

   - openSUSE 11.1 (i586 ppc x86_64):

      irssi-devel-0.8.12-30.71.1

   - openSUSE 11.0 (i586 ppc src x86_64):

      irssi-0.8.12-49.4

   - openSUSE 11.0 (i586 ppc x86_64):

      irssi-devel-0.8.12-49.4


References:

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-1155.html
   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-1156.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/596005