CVE-2016-0746

critical

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

https://www.securityweek.com/juniper-networks-patches-dozens-of-vulnerabilities/

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212818

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-06

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1302588

https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa115

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1425

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2892-1

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034869

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3473

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/36

http://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx/2016-January/049700.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00042.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-02-15

Updated: 2021-12-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical