CVE-2015-8702
N/A
Published: April 12, 2016 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:35 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxInspircd
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%v ≤ 2.0.18
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (5)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3527x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.inspircd.org/2015/04/16/v2019-released.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/inspircd/inspircd/commit/6058483d9fbc1b904d5ae7cfea47bfcde5c5b559Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-13Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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