Use After Free Affecting nginx package, versions <1.9.10-0ubuntu1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.42% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1704-NGINX-341039
  • published15 Feb 2016
  • disclosed15 Feb 2016

Introduced: 15 Feb 2016

CVE-2016-0746  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:17.04 nginx to version 1.9.10-0ubuntu1 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:17.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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