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DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2087
Directory traversal vulnerability in the client in HexChat 2.11.0 allows remote IRC servers to read or modify arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in th...
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Directory traversal vulnerability in the client in HexChat 2.11.0 allows remote IRC servers to read or modify arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the server name.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV
Affected packages
Debian:12
hexchat
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.12.4-4"}]}]
Debian:13
hexchat
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.12.4-4"}]}]
References
- advisory security-tracker.debian.org