Arbitrary Code Injection The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package kvirc (opens in a new tab)
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- published19 Aug 2020
- disclosed25 Aug 2009
Introduced: 25 Aug 2009
CVE-2008-7070 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Debian security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Debian:9.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kvirc package and not the kvirc package as distributed by Debian.
Argument injection vulnerability in the URI handler in KVIrc 3.4.2 Shiny allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a " (quote) followed by command line switches in a (1) irc:///, (2) irc6:///, (3) ircs:///, or (4) and ircs6:/// URI. NOTE: this might be due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-2951.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-7070
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32410
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498557/100/0/threaded
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7181
- http://retrogod.altervista.org/kvirc_342_cmd.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32410
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46779