CVE-2001-1488 Information

Description

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.

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/219388/2003-04-27/2003-05-03/2 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/220380 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7283