Vulnerability in Irssi (CVE-2016-7553)
Summary
Vulnerability in Irssi (CVE-2016-7553). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
The buf.pl script before 2.20 in Irssi before 0.8.20 uses weak permissions for the scrollbuffer dump file created between upgrades, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information from private chat conversations by reading the file.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2016-7553 has been found in Irssi.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 3.3/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Irssi CVE-2016-7553" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2016-7553 (Irssi) — CWE-275 / CVSS v3 3.3
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-275) exists in Irssi.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Irssi.
Severity: Low (CVSS 3.3/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'Irssi' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'Irssi' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
Irssiを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7553 irssi Fixed in: 0.8.20-2
References
- advisory securityfocus.com
- patch openwall.com
- patch openwall.com
- patch github.com
- patch irssi.org
- web lists.fedoraproject.org