Vulnerability CVE-2015-8702
Published: 2016-04-12

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.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Med.
Inspircd <2.0.19 DoS
Mark Felder
29.12.2015

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.8/10
6.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Complete
Affected software
Inspire ircd -> Inspircd 
Debian -> Debian linux 

 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
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