ubuntu-cve-2016-2087
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2017-01-18 17:59
Modified
2025-10-24 04:45
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.

Severity
7.4 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
N/A (UNKNOWN)
low
References
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  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "xchat-gnome",
            "binary_version": "1:0.30.0~git20141005.816798-0ubuntu9"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xchat-gnome-common",
            "binary_version": "1:0.30.0~git20141005.816798-0ubuntu9"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "xchat-gnome",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/xchat-gnome@1:0.30.0~git20141005.816798-0ubuntu9?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
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            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "1:0.30.0~git20141005.816798-0ubuntu6",
        "1:0.30.0~git20141005.816798-0ubuntu7",
        "1:0.30.0~git20141005.816798-0ubuntu8",
        "1:0.30.0~git20141005.816798-0ubuntu9"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "hexchat",
            "binary_version": "2.10.2-1ubuntu3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "hexchat-common",
            "binary_version": "2.10.2-1ubuntu3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "hexchat-perl",
            "binary_version": "2.10.2-1ubuntu3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "hexchat-plugins",
            "binary_version": "2.10.2-1ubuntu3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "hexchat-python",
            "binary_version": "2.10.2-1ubuntu3"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "hexchat",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/hexchat@2.10.2-1ubuntu3?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
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            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "2.10.2-1ubuntu2",
        "2.10.2-1ubuntu3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2087",
  "modified": "2025-10-24T04:45:37Z",
  "published": "2017-01-18T17:59:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2087"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/136564/Hexchat-IRC-Client-2.11.0-Directory-Traversal.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39656/"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2087"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "low",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2016-2087"
  ]
}



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