CVE-2015-8702
inspircd - security update
8.6
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.76%
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.
How to fix CVE-2015-8702
To remediate CVE-2015-8702, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/inspircd—upgrade to 2.0.20-1 or later
- —upgrade to 1.1.22+dfsg-4+squeeze3 or later
- —upgrade to 2.0.5-1+deb7u2 or later
Is CVE-2015-8702 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.8%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 2.0.20-1
- from 0, < 1.1.22+dfsg-4+squeeze3
- from 0, < 2.0.5-1+deb7u2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.6 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |