CVE-2016-0747
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-02-15 19:00
Modified
2024-08-05 22:30
Severity ?
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
Impacted products
n/an/a
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