vulnerability
Nginx: Insufficient limits of CNAME resolution in resolver (CVE-2016-0747)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Jan 29, 2016 | Jan 29, 2016 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jan 29, 2016
Added
Jan 29, 2016
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
Description
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.
Solutions
nginx-nginx-upgrade-1_8_1nginx-nginx-upgrade-1_9_10
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