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Debian: DSA-3527-2 Urgent: Inspircd DoS Vulnerability and Resolution

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Calendar Grey March 24, 2016
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Security Notice DSA-3527-1: inspircd DNS vulnerability patches for Debian stable and legacy distributions.
It was discovered that inspircd, an IRC daemon, incorrectly handled PTR lookups of connecting users
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Summary

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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Package: inspircd
CVE ID: CVE-2015-8702

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