Re: Inspircd <2.0.19 DoS

[cve-assign () mitre org]

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> 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
> https://github.com/inspircd/inspircd/commit/6058483d9fbc1b904d5ae7cfea47bfcde5c5b559

> > src/dns.cpp

> > if (resultstr.find_first_not_of("0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ.-") != 
> > std::string::npos)

> > "Invalid char(s) in reply"

Use CVE-2015-8702.

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