CVE-2015-8702

published 2016-04-12

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…

Priority P3 36 high 8.6 CVSS 3.0

AV N AC L PR N UI N S C C N I N A H

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.

Affected

8 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	debian_linux	—	—
debian	debian_linux	—	—
debian	inspircd	< inspircd 2.0.20-1 (bookworm)	inspircd 2.0.20-1 (bookworm)
inspircd	inspircd	<= 2.0.18	—
inspircd	inspircd	>= 0 < 2.0.20-1	2.0.20-1
inspircd	inspircd	>= 0 < 2.0.20-1	2.0.20-1
inspircd	inspircd	>= 0 < 2.0.20-1	2.0.20-1
inspircd	inspircd	>= 0 < 2.0.20-1	2.0.20-1

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.0 8.6 HIGH CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvd v2.0 7.8 HIGH AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

osv 8.6 HIGH

vendor_debian 8.6 HIGH

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