FKIE_CVE-2011-4315

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2011-12-08 20:55 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:34
Severity
Summary
Heap-based buffer overflow in compression-pointer processing in core/ngx_resolver.c in nginx before 1.0.10 allows remote resolvers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long response.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-December/070569.htmlThird Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-12/msg00005.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/17/10Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/17/8Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/47097Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/48577Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-22.xmlThird Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://trac.nginx.org/nginx/changeset/4268/nginxIssue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.nginx.org/en/CHANGES-1.0Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50710Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-December/070569.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-12/msg00005.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/17/10Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/17/8Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/47097Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/48577Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-22.xmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://trac.nginx.org/nginx/changeset/4268/nginxIssue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.nginx.org/en/CHANGES-1.0Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50710Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
f5 nginx *
f5 nginx *
fedoraproject fedora 16
suse studio 1.2
suse studio_onsite 1.2
suse webyast 1.2

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  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T23:34:45.480",
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