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CVE-2016-0747

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Date: February 15, 2016

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.

Language: C

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Related Resources (15)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00042.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2892-1
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3473
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034869
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1302589
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212818
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-0747
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-0747
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-06
http://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx/2016-January/049700.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0747
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa115
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1425
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/36
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-0747

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Resource Management Errors

CWE-399

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption ('Resource Exhaustion')

CWE-400

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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