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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-23017

A security issue in nginx resolver was identified, which might allow an attacker who is able to forge UDP packets from the DNS server to cause 1-byte memory overwrite, resulting in worker process crash or potential other impact.

HIGH 7.7EPSS 53.5%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 53.5%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

A security issue in nginx resolver was identified, which might allow an attacker who is able to forge UDP packets from the DNS server to cause 1-byte memory overwrite, resulting in worker process crash or potential other impact.

CVSS 3.1
7.7 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
EPSS
53.46% probability · 99th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-193
Affected
f5/nginx · openresty/openresty · fedoraproject/fedora · netapp/ontap select deploy administration utility · oracle/blockchain platform · oracle/communications control plane monitor · oracle/communications fraud monitor · oracle/communications operations monitor · oracle/communications session border controller · oracle/enterprise communications broker · oracle/enterprise session border controller · oracle/enterprise telephony fraud monitor · oracle/goldengate
Source
f5sirt@f5.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.