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CVE-2010-3438

libpoe-component-irc-perl before v6.32 does not remove carriage returns and line feeds.

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Summary

libpoe-component-irc-perl before v6.32 does not remove carriage returns and line feeds. This can be used to execute arbitrary IRC commands by passing an argument such as "some text\rQUIT" to the 'privmsg' handler, which would cause the client to disconnect from the server.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • libpoe-component-irc-perl libpoe-component-irc-perl

    before v6.32

References 3

security-tracker.debian.org

bugzilla.redhat.com

bugs.debian.org