PT-2001-2576 · Open Projects Network · Open Projects Network Internet Relay Chat Daemon

Published 2001-12-31 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2001-1488

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Open Projects Network Internet Relay Chat (IRC) daemon version u2.10.05.18

Description The issue concerns the daemon's failure to perform a double-reverse DNS lookup. This could potentially allow remote attackers to spoof any valid hostname on the Internet. However, a follow-up post suggests that this might not be an issue in the daemon.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2001-1488

Affected Products

Open Projects Network Internet Relay Chat Daemon

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-1488 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/220380 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/219388/2003-04-27/2003-05-03/2 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7283 · Note