CVE-2001-1488

The CVE-2001-1488 entry concerns Open Projects Network Internet Relay Chat (IRC) daemon u2.10.05.18, which does not perform a double-reverse DNS lookup. This information indicates a potential hostname spoofing vulnerability where remote attackers could spoof any valid hostname on the Internet. Th...

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...