CVE-2010-3443 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Quassel IRC client versions prior to 0.6.3 and 0.7.1, affecting products like Canonical Ubuntu Linux and Quassel IRC. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this by sending multiple Client-To-Client Protocol (CTCP) requests within a PRIVMSG message, causing the IRC client to become unresponsive. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0 (medium severity) with a low attack complexity and no authentication required, leading to a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:quassel-irc:quassel_irc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:quassel-irc:quassel_irc:0.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:quassel-irc:quassel_irc:0.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.3.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:quassel-irc:quassel_irc:0.3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.3.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:quassel-irc:quassel_irc:0.3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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