PT-2017-7995 · Hexchat · Hexchat

Pizzahathacker · Published 2017-01-18 · Updated 2020-10-06 · CVE-2016-2087

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.4

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions HexChat version 2.11.0

Description A directory traversal issue exists in the client, allowing remote IRC servers to read or modify arbitrary files by including a .. (dot dot) in the server name.

Recommendations For HexChat version 2.11.0, update to a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Exploit

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-2087

DLA-1050-1

SUSE-SU-2020:2872-1

Affected Products

Hexchat

References · 15

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/39656 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136564/Hexchat-IRC-Client-2.11.0-Directory-Traversal.html · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2087 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2087 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2020:2872-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2087 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2087 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-2087 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2087 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2087 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/95881 · Note
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/1034310 · Note
• https://suse.com/support/update/announcement/2020/suse-su-20202872-1 · Note
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/1020739 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2087 · Note