fkie_cve-2016-0747
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2016-02-15 19:59
Modified
2025-04-12 10:46
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Summary
The resolver in nginx before 1.8.1 and 1.9.x before 1.9.10 does not properly limit CNAME resolution, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (worker process resource consumption) via vectors related to arbitrary name resolution.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00042.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx/2016-January/049700.htmlVendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/36Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3473Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034869Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2892-1Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1425Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa115Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1302589Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-06Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT212818Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00042.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx/2016-January/049700.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/36Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3473Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034869Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2892-1Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1425Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa115Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1302589Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-06Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212818Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
f5 nginx *
f5 nginx *
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 15.10
debian debian_linux 7.0
debian debian_linux 8.0
debian debian_linux 9.0
opensuse leap 42.1
opensuse leap 42.1
apple xcode *


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