Summary
The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory.
Solution
Update your system with the appropriate patches or software upgrades.
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/57790
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/57791
http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/3b7967f1-49e8-11df-83fb-0015587e2cc1.html
Insight
The following packages are affected:
irssi
zh-irssi
irssi-devel
CVE-2010-1155
Irssi before 0.8.15, when SSL is used, does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) field or a Subject Alternative Name field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof IRC servers via an arbitrary certificate.
CVE-2010-1156
core/nicklist.c in Irssi before 0.8.15 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via vectors related to an attempted fuzzy nick match at the instant that a victim leaves a channel.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2010-1155, CVE-2010-1156 -
CVSS Base Score: 6.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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