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CVE-2016-0747 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.3 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00042.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx/2016-January/049700.html CVEVendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1425 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa115 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1302589 CVEIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

see all 22 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource Consumption[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
f5 nginx
>= 0.6.18, < 1.8.1
>= 1.9.0, < 1.9.10

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
canonical ubuntu linux
14.04
15.10

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux
7.0
8.0
9.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
opensuse leap
42.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
apple xcode
< 13.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:apple:xcode:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-0747
NVD Published Date:
Feb 15, 2016
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2016-0747 Details - Not Deferred