CVE-2008-7070

Publication date 25 August 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

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.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

No maintained releases are affected by this CVE.

Package Ubuntu Release Status
kvirc 9.10 karmic
Not affected
9.04 jaunty
Not affected
8.10 intrepid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy
Not affected
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored end of life

Notes

mdeslaur

only affected windows builds