CVE-2016-0746

CRITICAL

nginx 0.6.18-1.8.0 and 1.9.x < 1.9.10 - Use-After-Free in DNS Resolver

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (11)

Core 11
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00042.html
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa115
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-06
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034869
Vendor Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx/2016-January/049700.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1425
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3473
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2892-1
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1302588
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212818
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_fulldisc
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/36

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0634
EPSS Percentile 91.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-416
Status published
Products (8)
apple/xcode < 13.0
canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 15.10
debian/debian_linux 7.0
debian/debian_linux 8.0
debian/debian_linux 9.0
f5/nginx 0.6.18 - 1.8.0
opensuse/leap 42.1
Published Feb 15, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026