Resource Exhaustion Affecting nginx package, versions <1.9.10-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.06% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-NGINX-1554882
  • published15 Feb 2016
  • disclosed15 Feb 2016

Introduced: 15 Feb 2016

CVE-2016-0747  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 nginx to version 1.9.10-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nginx package and not the nginx package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

The resolver in nginx before 1.8.1 and 1.9.x before 1.9.10 does not properly limit CNAME resolution, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (worker process resource consumption) via vectors related to arbitrary name resolution.

CVSS Scores

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