CVE-2010-3438

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.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
libpoe-component-irc-perllibpoe-component-irc-perlbefore v6.32affected

Weaknesses

  • stripping of CR/LF allows arbitrary IRC command execution

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

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