CVE-2008-5657 describes a CRLF injection vulnerability in Quassel Core versions prior to 0.3.0.3. This flaw allows remote attackers to spoof IRC messages, making them appear to originate from other users, by sending a specially crafted CTCP message. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe, requiring no authentication and having potential impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.3.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:quassel:quassel_core:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:quassel:quassel_core:0.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:quassel:quassel_core:0.2.0:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:quassel:quassel_core:0.2.0:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:quassel:quassel_core:0.2.0:alpha3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.