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

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, . - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Security Notice DSA-3527-1: inspircd DNS vulnerability patches for Debian stable and legacy distributions.. Debian Security, Inspircd Update, DoS Attack Prevention. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Mar 24, 2016 •Important Debian