VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2011-4315
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.
MEDIUM 6.8EPSS 5.96%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (5.96%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 5.96% probability · 93th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- f5/nginx · fedoraproject/fedora · suse/studio · suse/studio onsite · suse/webyast
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-December/070569.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-12/msg00005.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/17/10Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/17/8Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47097Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48577Third Party Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-22.xmlThird Party Advisory
- http://trac.nginx.org/nginx/changeset/4268/nginxIssue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.nginx.org/en/CHANGES-1.0Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50710Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-December/070569.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-12/msg00005.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/17/10Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/17/8Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47097Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48577Third Party Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-22.xmlThird Party Advisory
- http://trac.nginx.org/nginx/changeset/4268/nginxIssue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.nginx.org/en/CHANGES-1.0Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50710Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.