CVE-2015-8702

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    CVE-2015-8702

    Published: 12 Apr 2016Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

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

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High