CVE-2010-3438

moderate-risk
Published 2019-11-12

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.53% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
9
CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (6)

Libpoe-Component-Irc-Perl

Affected Vendors

Debian Fedoraproject Libpoe-Component-Irc-Perl Project

References (6)

Mailing List https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=581194
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2010-3438
Third Party Advisory https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-3438
Mailing List https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=581194
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2010-3438
Third Party Advisory https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-3438
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moderate-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 2/34 · Minimal
Exposure 13/34 · Low