# CVE-2005-0131: The Quick Connection dialog in Konversation 0.15 inadvertently uses the user-provided password as the nickname instead of the user-provided

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2005-01-22 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The Quick Connection dialog in Konversation 0.15 inadvertently uses the user-provided password as the nickname instead of the user-provided nickname when connecting to the IRC server, which could leak the password to other users.

## What to do

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## References

- http://secunia.com/advisories/13919
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-January/031033.html
- http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050121-1.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12312
- http://secunia.com/advisories/13989
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19038
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-34.xml
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110626383310742&w=2
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1012972

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