{"id":"MGASA-2017-0043","aliases":[],"status":"published","title":"Updated irssi-otr packages fix security vulnerability","description":"It was discovered that irssi-otr had a flaw in handing data returned by\nlibotr. After the initiation of the OTR session only the first line was\nsent as a PRIVMSG, while additional data would be sent as raw commands\nto the IRC server. The additional data would ordinarily be a\nhuman-readable HTML-formatted instruction message from libotr, a fixed\nstring. However this is a minor security concern and the remediation\navoids further security issues.","facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"published":"2017-02-07T13:34:44Z","modified":"2026-04-16T04:27:32Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"Mageia:5","package":"irssi-otr","fixed_in":["1.0.2-1.mga5"],"sources":["osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Mageia:5","package":"irssi-otr","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.0.2-1.mga5"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0043.html","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20045","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00157.html","tags":["web"]}],"sources":{"osv":[{"id":"MGASA-2017-0043","title":"Updated irssi-otr packages fix security vulnerability","description":"It was discovered that irssi-otr had a flaw in handing data returned by\nlibotr. After the initiation of the OTR session only the first line was\nsent as a PRIVMSG, while additional data would be sent as raw commands\nto the IRC server. The additional data would ordinarily be a\nhuman-readable HTML-formatted instruction message from libotr, a fixed\nstring. However this is a minor security concern and the remediation\navoids further security issues.\n","status":"published","published":"2017-02-07T13:34:44Z","modified":"2026-04-16T04:27:32.048991Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:49:40.103088Z"}]}}