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PUBLISHED DATE: December 31, 2001CVE-2001-1488:
Open Projects Network Internet...

CVSS:
5
EPSS:
38.00%
Exploitability:
10
In KEV:
No
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.

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