CVE-2005-0131

Description

The Quick Connection dialog in Konversation 0.15 inadvertently uses the user-provided password as the nickname instead of the user-provided nickname when connecting to the IRC server, which could leak the password to other users.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.93% Top 30%

Vendor Advisory gentoo.org

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/13919	third party advisory
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-January/031033.html	mailing list
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050121-1.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12312	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/13989	third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19038	vdb entry
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-34.xml	vendor advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110626383310742&w=2	mailing list
http://securitytracker.com/id?1012972	vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-0131?: CVE-2005-0131 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-0131?: To fix CVE-2005-0131, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2005-0131 being actively exploited in the wild?: As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2005-0131 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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