Weechat IRC client DoS
Published:		19.03.2009
Source:		BUGTRAQ
SecurityVulns ID:		9754
Type:		remote
Level:		5/10
Description:		Crash on PRIVMSG parsing.

Affected:		WEECHAT : weechat 0.2
CVE:		CVE-2009-0661 (Wee Enhanced Environment for Chat (WeeChat) 0.2.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an IRC PRIVMSG command containing crafted color codes that trigger an out-of-bounds read.)

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DEBIAN, [SECURITY] [DSA 1744-1] New weechat packages fix denial of service (19.03.2009)

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