CVE-2015-8702

Publication date 12 April 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
inspircd	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	15.10 wily	Not affected
	15.04 vivid	Ignored end of life
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 2.0.5-1+deb7u2build0.14.04.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 1.1.22+dfsg-4+squeeze3ubuntu0.1

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 8.6 · High

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Changed
Confidentiality impact	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	8.6 · High
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

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

CVE-2015-8702

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

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Severity score breakdown

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