DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2087

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2087

    Published: 18 Jan 2017Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-2087

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2087

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: hexchat

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/hexchat?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.12.4-4

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High