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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 to CNAME response processing.

Published

2016-02-15T19:59:01.157

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 9.8 (CRITICAL)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-416

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	f5	nginx	≤ 1.8.0	Yes
Application	f5	nginx	< 1.9.10	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	14.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	15.10	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	7.0	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	8.0	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	9.0	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	leap	42.1	Yes
Application	apple	xcode	< 13.0	Yes

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00042.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx/2016-January/049700.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/36 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3473 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034869 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2892-1 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1425 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa115 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1302588 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-06 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212818 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00042.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx/2016-January/049700.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/36 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3473 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034869 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2892-1 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1425 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa115 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1302588 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-06 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212818 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)