CVE-2016-0746

Critical

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the resolver in nginx 0.6.18 through 1.8.0 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.

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.8
Exploit probability—
ProductF5 Nginx
PublishedFeb 15, 2016
First seenFeb 15, 2016

How to fix

Update
  • f5 nginx1.9.10 or later
  • apple xcode13.0 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
f5 nginx0.6.18 ≤ v ≤ 1.8.0, 1.9.0 ≤ v < 1.9.101.9.10
canonical ubuntu_linux14.04, 15.10—
debian debian_linux7.0, 8.0, 9.0—
opensuse leap42.1—
apple xcodev < 13.013.0

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