ubuntu · CVE-2008-2841

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Tracker summary

CVE-2008-2841 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (xchat), 5 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, feisty, gutsy, hardy, upstream): not-affected 4, needed 1.

Description:

Argument injection vulnerability in XChat 2.8.7b and earlier on Windows, when Internet Explorer is used, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the --command parameter in an ircs:// URI.