CVE-2015-8702

high

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.

References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-13

https://github.com/inspircd/inspircd/issues/1033

https://github.com/inspircd/inspircd/commit/6058483d9fbc1b904d5ae7cfea47bfcde5c5b559

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2015-8579

http://www.inspircd.org/2015/04/16/v2019-released.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3527

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-04-12

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H