CVE-2015-8702

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Apr 12, 2016
Updated: Aug 6, 2024
Reserved: Dec 29, 2015

Description

The DNS::GetResult function in dns.cpp in InspIRCd before 2.0.19 allows remote DNS servers to cause a denial of service (netsplit) via an invalid character in a PTR response, as demonstrated by a "\032" (whitespace) character in a hostname.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
n/an/a	n/aAffected

References

https://github.com/inspircd/inspircd/issues/1033
GLSA-201512-13vendor-advisory
http://www.inspircd.org/2015/04/16/v2019-released.html
DSA-3527vendor-advisory
https://github.com/inspircd/inspircd/commit/6058483d9fbc1b904d5ae7cfea47bfcde5c5b559

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