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POE-Component-IRC-5.66
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Security Advisories (1)
CVE-2010-3438 (2019-11-12)

libpoe-component-irc-perl before v6.32 does not remove carriage returns and line feeds. This can be used to execute arbitrary IRC commands by passing an argument such as \"some text\\rQUIT\" to the 'privmsg' handler, which would cause the client to disconnect from the server.

NAME

POE::Component::IRC::Plugin::NickServID - A PoCo-IRC plugin which identifies with FreeNode's NickServ when needed.

SYNOPSIS

use POE::Component::IRC::Plugin::NickServID;

$irc->plugin_add( 'NickServID', POE::Component::IRC::Plugin::NickServID->new(
    Password => 'opensesame'
));

DESCRIPTION

POE::Component::IRC::Plugin::NickServID is a POE::Component::IRC plugin. It identifies with NickServ on connect and when you change your nick, if your nickname matches the supplied password.

METHODS

new

Arguments:

'Password', the NickServ password.

Returns a plugin object suitable for feeding to POE::Component::IRC's plugin_add() method.

AUTHOR

Hinrik Örn Sigurðsson, hinrik.sig@gmail.com