| Summary: | net-irc/inspircd: DoS caused by PTR lookup of connecting users (CVE-2015-8702) | ||
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| Product: | Gentoo Security | Reporter: | Agostino Sarubbo <ago> |
| Component: | Vulnerabilities | Assignee: | Gentoo Security <security> |
| Status: | RESOLVED FIXED | ||
| Severity: | minor | CC: | awilfox.gentoo, proxy-maint |
| Priority: | Normal | ||
| Version: | unspecified | ||
| Hardware: | All | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| URL: | http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/29/3 | ||
| Whiteboard: | B3 [glsa cve] | ||
| Package list: | Runtime testing required: | --- | |
Added to an existing GLSA Request. This issue was resolved and addressed in GLSA 201512-13 at https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-13 by GLSA coordinator Yury German (BlueKnight). |
From ${URL} : Inspircd <2.0.19 has a DoS caused by PTR lookup of connecting users. From their changelog: "...including a fix for a bug which allowed malformed DNS records to cause netsplits on a network. Triggering this issue is non-trivial and it may not occur in all circumstances, but all users are advised to upgrade." http://www.inspircd.org/2015/04/16/v2019-released.html Relevant commit: https://github.com/inspircd/inspircd/commit/6058483d9fbc1b904d5ae7cfea47bfcde5c5b559 @security: please file the request for the GLSA.