CVE-2002-0006

Summary

CVECVE-2002-0006
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2002-06-25 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2017-10-10 01:30:00 UTC
DescriptionXChat 1.8.7 and earlier, including default configurations of 1.4.2 and 1.4.3, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary IRC commands as other clients via encoded characters in a PRIVMSG command that calls CTCP PING, which expands the characters in the client response when the percascii variable is set.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Xchat Xchat 1.4.2 All All All
Application Xchat Xchat 1.4.3 All All All
Application Xchat Xchat 1.4.2 All All All
Application Xchat Xchat 1.4.3 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityFocus HOME Advisories: Updated xchat packages available HP online.securityfocus.com
X-Chat CTCP Ping Arbitrary Remote IRC Command Execution Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
'xchat IRC session hijacking vulnerability (versions 1.4.1, 1.4.2)' - MARC BUGTRAQ marc.info
Home - Conectiva CONECTIVA distro.conectiva.com.br
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-099-1 xchat DEBIAN www.debian.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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