CriticalFix available
libpoe-component-irc-perl — security advisory
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.
- Products
- libpoe-component-irc-perl
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 6.32+dfsg-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2010-3438
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 23:55 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2010-3438
libpoe-component-irc-perl
Fixed versions: 6.32+dfsg-1
libpoe-component-irc-perl
Fixed versions: 6.32+dfsg-1
libpoe-component-irc-perl
Fixed versions: 6.32+dfsg-1
Complete source record
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"source_id": "core-osv",
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"published_at": "2019-11-12T20:15:09.73+00:00"
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