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CVE-2010-3438 Details

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:9.8 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=581194 CVEMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2010-3438 CVEIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-3438 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=581194 [email protected]Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2010-3438 [email protected]Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-134Use of Externally-Controlled Format String[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
libpoe-component-irc-perl project libpoe-component-irc-perl
< 6.32

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:libpoe-component-irc-perl_project:libpoe-component-irc-perl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux
8.0
9.0
10.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
fedoraproject fedora
12
13

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

4 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2010-3438
NVD Published Date:
Nov 12, 2019
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2010-3438 Details - Not Deferred