CVE catalog

CVE-2010-3438

libpoe-component-irc-perl: CVE-2010-3438

[CVE catalog]

Severity
Medium
Published
Source
[NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS
1.65% · Oct 25, 2026

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.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

DistributionPackageReleaseVersionStatus
Debianlibpoe-component-irc-perlsid6.95+dfsg-1fixed
Debianlibpoe-component-irc-perlforky6.95+dfsg-1fixed
Debianlibpoe-component-irc-perltrixie6.93+dfsg-1fixed
Debianlibpoe-component-irc-perlbookworm6.93+dfsg-1fixed

Fixed-version evidence

DistributionPackageTypeReleaseFixed versionUrgencyOriginBugs
Debianlibpoe-component-irc-perlsourcesid6.32+dfsg-1not yet assignedNot reported[581194]
Debianlibpoe-component-irc-perlsourceforky6.32+dfsg-1not yet assignedNot reported[581194]
Debianlibpoe-component-irc-perlsourcetrixie6.32+dfsg-1not yet assignedNot reported[581194]
Debianlibpoe-component-irc-perlsourcebookworm6.32+dfsg-1not yet assignedNot reported[581194]

[Debian bug #581194]

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

  • [libpoe-component-irc-perl]Fixed
    Details (2)

    • 6.93+dfsg-1 · all · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 6.32+dfsg-1

      dsa · libpoe-component-irc-perl · debian · bookworm; dsa · libpoe-component-irc-perl · debian · 12

    • 6.93+dfsg-1 · all · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 6.32+dfsg-1

      dsa · libpoe-component-irc-perl · debian · bookworm; dsa · libpoe-component-irc-perl · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

  • [libpoe-component-irc-perl]Fixed
    Details (2)

    • 6.93+dfsg-1 · all · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 6.32+dfsg-1

      dsa · libpoe-component-irc-perl · debian · 13

    • 6.93+dfsg-1 · all · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 6.32+dfsg-1

      dsa · libpoe-component-irc-perl · debian · 13

Observed:

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database]