Security Advisory

CVE-2015-8702

8.6
HIGH

Vulnerability 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.
Published Date April 12, 2016
Official Source NIST NVD Advisory