Denial of Service Vulnerability in InspIRCd DNS::GetResult Function

CVE-2015-8702 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

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.

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