Command Injection Vulnerability in libpoe-component-irc-perl by POE

CVE-2010-3438

Summary

The libpoe-component-irc-perl library, up to version 6.32, is susceptible to a command injection vulnerability due to inadequate handling of carriage returns and line feeds. An attacker can exploit this flaw by crafting malicious input containing unexpected control characters, enabling them to execute arbitrary IRC commands. For instance, passing the argument 'some text\rQUIT' to the 'privmsg' handler can result in the client's unexpected disconnection from the IRC server, which poses significant risks to systems relying on this library. Proper validation and sanitization practices are essential to mitigate this risk.

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