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CVE-2005-0131

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2005-01-19	konversation -- shell script command injection

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CVE-2005-0131 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2005-0131
Phase	Assigned(20050120)

Description

The Quick Connection dialog in Konversation 0.15 inadvertently uses the user-provided password as the nickname instead of the user-provided nickname when connecting to the IRC server, which could leak the password to other users.

References

Source	Reference
FULLDISC	20050119 Multiple vulnerabilities in Konversation
BUGTRAQ	20050119 Multiple vulnerabilities in Konversation
CONFIRM	http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050121-1.txt
GENTOO	GLSA-200501-34
BID	12312
SECTRACK	1012972
SECUNIA	13919
SECUNIA	13989
XF	konversation-nick-password-information-disclosure(19038)