A weechat security update has been released for Debian GNU/Linux
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-2598-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff
January 05, 2013 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : weechat
Vulnerability : several
Problem type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CVE-2011-1428 CVE-2012-5534
Two security issues have been discovered in Weechat a, fast, light and
extensible chat client:
CVE-2011-1428
X.509 certificates were incorrectly validated.
CVE-2012-5534
The hook_process function in the plugin API allowed the execution
of arbitrary shell commands.
For the stable distribution (squeeze), these problems have been fixed in
version 0.3.2-1+squeeze1.
For the testing distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in
version 0.3.8-1+deb7u1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 0.3.9.2-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your weechat packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/
