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 Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 9.8
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade nginx | Aug 30, 2017 | Feb 15, 2016 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade nginx | Feb 15, 2016 | Feb 11, 2016 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade nginxUpgrade nginx-devel | Dec 10, 2025 | Jan 30, 2016 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade www-servers/nginx. | Oct 30, 2017 | Feb 15, 2016 |
| Nginx | — | Upgrade to nginx version 1.9.10Upgrade to nginx version 1.8.1 | Feb 15, 2016 | Feb 15, 2016 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade nginxUpgrade nginx-source | Feb 15, 2016 | Feb 15, 2016 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade nginx-fullUpgrade nginx-extrasUpgrade nginx-coreUpgrade nginx-lightUpgrade nginx-naxsi | Feb 15, 2016 | Feb 9, 2016 |
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