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    CVE-2016-0742

    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.

    Published:Jan 26, 2016
    Last Modified:Apr 12, 2025
    EPS:Feb 15, 2016
    EPSS Score:0.77828
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Apple
    Product
    Xcode
    Vendor
    Canonical
    Product
    Ubuntu Linux
    Vendor
    Debian
    Product
    Debian Linux
    Vendor
    F5
    Product
    Nginx
    Vendor
    Opensuse
    Product
    Leap
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Software Collections
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Software Collections

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-540 Overread Buffers

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    References

    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00042.html
    http://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx/2016-January/049700.html
    http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/36
    http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3473
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034869
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2892-1
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1425
    https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa115
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1302587
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-06
    https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212818
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00042.html
    http://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx/2016-January/049700.html
    http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/36
    http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3473
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034869
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2892-1
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1425
    https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa115
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1302587
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-06
    https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212818

    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