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    CVE-2011-4315

    Heap-based buffer overflow in compression-pointer processing in core/ngx_resolver.c in nginx before 1.0.10 allows remote resolvers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long response.

    Published:Dec 8, 2011
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Dec 8, 2011
    EPSS Score:0.02491
    CVSS Score:6.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    F5
    Product
    Nginx
    Vendor
    Fedoraproject
    Product
    Fedora
    Vendor
    Suse
    Product
    Studio
    Vendor
    Suse
    Product
    Studio Onsite
    Vendor
    Suse
    Product
    Webyast

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-December/070569.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-12/msg00005.html
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/17/10
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/17/8
    http://secunia.com/advisories/47097
    http://secunia.com/advisories/48577
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-22.xml
    http://trac.nginx.org/nginx/changeset/4268/nginx
    http://www.nginx.org/en/CHANGES-1.0
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50710
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-December/070569.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-12/msg00005.html
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/17/10
    http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/17/8
    http://secunia.com/advisories/47097
    http://secunia.com/advisories/48577
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-22.xml
    http://trac.nginx.org/nginx/changeset/4268/nginx
    http://www.nginx.org/en/CHANGES-1.0
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50710

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High