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.
References
Link Resource
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=581194 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2010-3438 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-3438 Third Party Advisory
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2019-11-12T19:43:05

Updated: 2019-11-12T19:43:05

Reserved: 2010-09-17T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2010-3438

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2019-11-12T20:15:09.730

Modified: 2019-11-15T03:21:58.293


Link: CVE-2010-3438

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CWE