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CVE-2001-1488

Medium
5/10

Summary

Open Projects Network Internet Relay Chat (IRC) daemon u2.10.05.18 does not perform a double-reverse DNS lookup, which allows remote attackers to spoof any valid hostname on the Internet. NOTE: a followup post suggests that this is not an issue in the daemon.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • NONE
  • NONE

References

Advisory Timeline

  • Published