vulnerability

Ubuntu: (CVE-2016-2087): hexchat vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jan 18, 2017
Added
Jun 26, 2025
Modified
Jul 28, 2025

Description

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.

Solution

no-fix-ubuntu-package
Title
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