CVE-2015-8702: Input Validation
First published: Tue Apr 12 2016(Updated: )
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.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Debian Debian Linux | =7.0 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =8.0 | |
| Inspircd Inspircd | <=2.0.18 |
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- agent/event
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/tags
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- agent/softwarecombine
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- vendor/debian
- canonical/debian debian linux
- version/debian debian linux/7.0
- version/debian debian linux/8.0
- vendor/inspircd
- canonical/inspircd inspircd
- version/inspircd inspircd/2.0.18