CVE-2005-0129

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

1.0

Description

The Quick Buttons feature in Konversation 0.15 allows remote attackers to execute certain IRC commands via a channel name containing "%" variables, which are recursively expanded by the Server::parseWildcards function when the Part Button is selected.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-25054 remote linux verified

wouter@coekaerts.be · 2005-01-19

konversation irc client 0.15 - Multiple Vulnerabilities

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

OS impact

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`0.15-3`
sid	Fixed	`0.15-3`
forky	Fixed	`0.15-3`
bullseye	Fixed	`0.15-3`
bookworm	Fixed	`0.15-3`

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-0129

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.