UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2087

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2087
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2087.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2087
Upstream
Published
2017-01-18T17:59:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:43:37Z
Severity
  • 7.4 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / xchat-gnome

Package

Name
xchat-gnome
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/xchat-gnome@1:0.30.0~git20141005.816798-0ubuntu9?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:0.*

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_version": "1:0.30.0~git20141005.816798-0ubuntu9",
            "binary_name": "xchat-gnome"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:0.30.0~git20141005.816798-0ubuntu9",
            "binary_name": "xchat-gnome-common"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / hexchat

Package

Name
hexchat
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/hexchat@2.10.2-1ubuntu3?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.10.2-1ubuntu2
2.10.2-1ubuntu3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.10.2-1ubuntu3",
            "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"
        }
    ]
}