CVE-2010-3438 Information

Description

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=581194 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2010-3438 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-3438

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.8