CVE-2016-0746
Use-after-free vulnerability in the resolver in nginx 0.6.18 through 1.8.0 and 1.9.x before 1.9.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (worker process crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted DNS response related…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (8.63%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the resolver in nginx 0.6.18 through 1.8.0 and 1.9.x before 1.9.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (worker process crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted DNS response related to CNAME response processing.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 8.63% probability · 95th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- f5/nginx · canonical/ubuntu linux · debian/debian linux · opensuse/leap · apple/xcode
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00042.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx/2016-January/049700.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/36Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3473Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034869Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2892-1Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1425Third Party Advisory
- https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa115Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1302588Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-06Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212818Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00042.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx/2016-January/049700.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/36Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3473Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034869Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2892-1Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1425Third Party Advisory
- https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa115Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1302588Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-06Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212818Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.