Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 12, 2019· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2010-3438
CVE-2010-3438
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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Affected products
2- Range: <6.32
- libpoe-component-irc-perl/libpoe-component-irc-perlv5Range: before v6.32
Patches
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References
3- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cginvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-3438nvdThird Party Advisory
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