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CVE-2015-8702

CVE-2015-8702

EPSS 2.3%
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 products
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References
https://github.com/inspircd/inspircd/commit/6058483d9fbc1b904d5ae7cfea47bfcde5c5b559https://github.com/inspircd/inspircd/issues/1033https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-13http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3527http://www.inspircd.org/2015/04/16/v2019-released.html