Debian: DSA-3527-1: inspircd security update

Date24 Mar 2016

CategoryDebian Linux Distribution - Security Advisories

Posted ByLinuxSecurity Advisories

It was discovered that inspircd, an IRC daemon, incorrectly handled PTR lookups of connecting users. This flaw allowed a remote attacker to crash the application by setting up malformed DNS records, thus causing a denial-of-service,


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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3527-1                   This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
https://www.debian.org/security/                       Sebastien Delafond
March 24, 2016                        https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : inspircd
CVE ID         : CVE-2015-8702

It was discovered that inspircd, an IRC daemon, incorrectly handled
PTR lookups of connecting users. This flaw allowed a remote attacker
to crash the application by setting up malformed DNS records, thus
causing a denial-of-service,

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed
in version 2.0.5-1+deb7u2.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.0.17-1+deb8u1.

For the testing (stretch) and unstable (sid) distributions, this
problem has been fixed in version 2.0.20-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your inspircd packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

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