CVE-2015-8702

high

Published 2016-04-12 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

8.6

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

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.6

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

91%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Debian Mixed 6 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`2.0.20-1`
sid	Fixed	`2.0.20-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`2.0.20-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`2.0.20-1`
8.0	Affected	—
7.0	Affected	—

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
inspircd	inspircd	`{"endIncluding":"2.0.18"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.