ubuntu · CVE-2016-7553

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Priority: low Published: 2016-09-27 00:00:00 UTC Updated: 2025-08-25 22:10:45 UTC

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Freshness: upstream tracker timestamp is available; use API updated time as primary recency signal.

Tracker summary

CVE-2016-7553 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (irssi), 5 status rows across 5 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, xenial, yakkety): released 5.

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.

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