CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-0129

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

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.

Risk Assessment

The risk involves the possibility of remote execution of unauthorized IRC commands, which could lead to session integrity compromise or privilege escalation.

Recommendation

It is recommended to upgrade Konversation to a version newer than 0.15 or apply a security patch that restricts recursive expansion of variables in channel names.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS