New subject: [Bug 1167514] VUL-0: CVE-2020-9760: weechat: When a new IRC message 005 is received with longer nick prefixes a buffer overflow can happen

24 Mar 2020

      http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1167514

            Bug ID: 1167514
           Summary: VUL-1: CVE-2020-9760: weechat: When a new IRC message
                    005 is received with longer nick prefixes a buffer
                    overflow can happen
    Classification: openSUSE
           Product: openSUSE Distribution
           Version: Leap 15.1
          Hardware: Other
               URL: https://smash.suse.de/issue/255641/
                OS: Other
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Minor
          Priority: P5 - None
         Component: Security
          Assignee: mimi.vx@gmail.com
          Reporter: rfrohl@suse.com
        QA Contact: security-team@suse.de
          Found By: Security Response Team
           Blocker: ---

CVE-2020-9760

An issue was discovered in WeeChat before 2.7.1 (0.3.4 to 2.7 are affected).
When a new IRC message 005 is received with longer nick prefixes, a buffer
overflow and possibly a crash can happen when a new mode is set for a nick.

References:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2020-9760
https://github.com/weechat/weechat/commit/40ccacb4330a64802b1f1e28ed9a6b6d3c...
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-9760
https://weechat.org/doc/security/

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