Resource Exhaustion Affecting rh-nginx18-nginx package, versions <1:1.8.1-1.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.99% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-RHNGINX18NGINX-4658692
  • published26 Mar 2023
  • disclosed26 Jan 2016

Introduced: 26 Jan 2016

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

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 rh-nginx18-nginx to version 1:1.8.1-1.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2016:1425.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rh-nginx18-nginx package and not the rh-nginx18-nginx package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 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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