CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-7553
3.3 LOW
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-02-27
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 3.3 LOW — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-275
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• irssi buf.pl (<= 2.13)
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/24/1 Mailing List, Patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/26/4 Mailing List, Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93155 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/irssi/scripts.irssi.org/commit/f1b1eb154baa684fad5d65bf4dff79c8ded8b65a Patch
- https://irssi.org/security/buf_pl_sa_2016.txt Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7OM3WHWQ7RIAOZSOZZUM4CUYGKSIAGJJ/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/24/1 Mailing List, Patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/26/4 Mailing List, Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93155 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/irssi/scripts.irssi.org/commit/f1b1eb154baa684fad5d65bf4dff79c8ded8b65a Patch
- https://irssi.org/security/buf_pl_sa_2016.txt Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7OM3WHWQ7RIAOZSOZZUM4CUYGKSIAGJJ/ lists.fedoraproject.org