KVIrc '\r' Carriage Return in DCC Handshake Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

BID:42026

Info

KVIrc '\r' Carriage Return in DCC Handshake Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 42026
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2010-2785
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jul 28 2010 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 13 2015 09:57PM
Credit: unic0rn
Vulnerable: S.u.S.E. openSUSE 11.3
S.u.S.E. openSUSE 11.2
S.u.S.E. openSUSE 11.1
Pardus Linux 2009 0
KVIrc KVirc 4.0
KVIrc KVirc 3.4.2
KVIrc KVirc 3.4
KVIrc KVirc 3.2.5
KVIrc KVirc 3.2
Gentoo Linux
Debian Linux 5.0 sparc
Debian Linux 5.0 s/390
Debian Linux 5.0 powerpc
Debian Linux 5.0 mipsel
Debian Linux 5.0 mips
Debian Linux 5.0 m68k
Debian Linux 5.0 ia-64
Debian Linux 5.0 ia-32
Debian Linux 5.0 hppa
Debian Linux 5.0 armel
Debian Linux 5.0 arm
Debian Linux 5.0 amd64
Debian Linux 5.0 alpha
Debian Linux 5.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

KVIrc '\r' Carriage Return in DCC Handshake Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

KVIrc is prone to a remote command-execution vulnerability because the application fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied input.

Exploiting this issue can allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands within the context of the affected application.

KVIrc 4.0.0 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

KVIrc '\r' Carriage Return in DCC Handshake Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

The following example commands are available:

/ctcp nickname DCC GET\rQUIT\r
/ctcp nickname DCC GET\rPRIVMSG\40#channel\40:epic\40fail\r

Solution / Fix

KVIrc '\r' Carriage Return in DCC Handshake Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available; please see the references for more information.


Debian Linux 5.0 hppa

Debian Linux 5.0 ia-64

Debian Linux 5.0 m68k

Debian Linux 5.0 arm

Debian Linux 5.0 armel

Debian Linux 5.0

Debian Linux 5.0 alpha

Debian Linux 5.0 amd64

Debian Linux 5.0 ia-32

Debian Linux 5.0 mips

Debian Linux 5.0 s/390

Debian Linux 5.0 mipsel

Debian Linux 5.0 powerpc

Debian Linux 5.0 sparc

References

KVIrc '\r' Carriage Return in DCC Handshake Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

References:

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