CVE-2015-8702

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.

Score

CVSS 3.0 8.6 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2016-04-12

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-20

Affected products

• Debian Linux (Debian)
• Inspircd (Inspircd)

References

• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3527
• http://www.inspircd.org/2015/04/16/v2019-released.html
• https://github.com/inspircd/inspircd/commit/6058483d9fbc1b904d5ae7cfea47bfcde5c5b559
• https://github.com/inspircd/inspircd/issues/1033
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-13