CVE-2005-0131

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Published Jan 22, 2005 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 1.8% KEV · Not listed

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:berlios:konversation:0.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-0132	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.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.8% (1.797% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-January/031033.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110626383310742&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/13919
http://secunia.com/advisories/13989
http://securitytracker.com/id?1012972
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-34.xml
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050121-1.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12312
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19038

History

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Subscriptions

Berlios Konversation

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 9:05 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jan 22, 2005, 5:00 AM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 9:05 PM
Reserved: Jan 20, 2005, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:10 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Apr 14, 2005, 4:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:10 PM

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