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High severity8.6NVD Advisory· Published Apr 12, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2015-8702

CVE-2015-8702

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.

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Affected products

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  • Inspircd/Inspircdreferences3 versions
    (expand)+ 2 more
    • (no CPE)
    • cpe:2.3:a:inspircd:inspircd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=2.0.18
    • (no CPE)range: <2.0.19
  • Debian/linux2 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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