CVE-2015-8702 (GCVE-0-2015-8702)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-04-12 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 08:29
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Summary
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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CWE
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2015-04-16 00:00
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