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.
Exploits (11)
exploitdb
WORKING POC
by Mohammed Alshehri · pythonremotemultiple
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50973
nomisec
WORKING POC
by lukwagoasuman · poc
https://github.com/lukwagoasuman/-home-lukewago-Downloads-CVE-2021-23017-Nginx-1.14
References (14)
Scores
CVSS v3
7.7
EPSS
0.7354
EPSS Percentile
98.8%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
Lab Environment
COMMUNITY
Community Lab
+6 more repos
Details
CWE
CWE-193
Status
published
Products (25)
f5/nginx
0.6.18 - 1.20.1
fedoraproject/fedora
33
fedoraproject/fedora
34
netapp/ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility
openresty/openresty
< 1.19.3.2
oracle/blockchain_platform
< 21.1.2
oracle/communications_control_plane_monitor
3.4
oracle/communications_control_plane_monitor
4.2
oracle/communications_control_plane_monitor
4.3
oracle/communications_control_plane_monitor
4.4
... and 15 more
Published
Jun 01, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026