Vulnerability in Open Projects Network Ircd

CVE-2001-1488

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.

EPSS: 0.013 (68.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Open_projects_network Open_projects_network_ircd — versions u2.10.05.18
N/a — versions n/a

References

cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)