CVE-2016-0746

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    CVE-2016-0746

    Published: 15 Feb 2016Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    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://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-06, https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212818, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1302588

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- cb1cdc7426ba5470197f1a1ca5e8fe485223e558
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    release-1.9.9
    release-1.9.8
    release-1.9.7
    release-1.9.6
    release-1.9.5
    release-1.9.4
    release-1.9.3
    release-1.9.2
    release-1.9.1
    release-1.9.0

    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
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