vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI: Security patch for nginx (ALAS-2016-655) (multiple CVEs)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Feb 15, 2016 | Mar 4, 2016 | Jul 28, 2025 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Feb 15, 2016
Added
Mar 4, 2016
Modified
Jul 28, 2025
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the resolver in nginx before 1.8.1 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.
Solutions
amazon-linux-upgrade-nginxamazon-linux-upgrade-nginx-debuginfo
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