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Ubuntu: USN-2892-1 (CVE-2016-0742): nginx vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-2892-1 (CVE-2016-0742): nginx vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
02/09/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/15/2016
Modified
11/18/2020

Description

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 (invalid pointer dereference and worker process crash) via a crafted UDP DNS response.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-nginx-core
  • ubuntu-upgrade-nginx-extras
  • ubuntu-upgrade-nginx-full
  • ubuntu-upgrade-nginx-light
  • ubuntu-upgrade-nginx-naxsi

References

  • USN-2892-1
  • DLA-404-1
  • DSA-3473
  • 1034869
  • RHSA-2016:1425
  • GLSA-201606-06
  • CVE-2016-0742
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