CVE-2010-2785

Description

The IRC Protocol component in KVIrc 3.x and 4.x before r4693 does not properly handle \ (backslash) characters, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary CTCP commands via vectors involving \r and \40 sequences, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-2451 and CVE-2010-2452.

6.5

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 11.27% Top 10%

Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=330111
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044643.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/40796	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/66648	vdb entry
https://svn.kvirc.de/kvirc/changeset/4693	patch
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128041011428629&w=2	mailing list patch
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html	vendor advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/28/1	mailing list patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/40727	third party advisory vendor advisory
https://svn.kvirc.de/kvirc/ticket/858	patch
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044625.html	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-2785?: CVE-2010-2785 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-2785?: To fix CVE-2010-2785, 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-2010-2785 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2010-2785 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~11% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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