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CVE-2010-3438

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

Impact

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 products

VendorProductAffected versions
Libpoe-Component-Irc-Perl ProjectLibpoe-Component-Irc-Perl
before 6.32
DebianDebian Linux
Versions 8.0, 9.0, 10.0
FedoraprojectFedora
Versions 12, 13

Weakness classification

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