UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0746

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0746

    Published: 26 Jan 2016Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-0746
    Aliases:
    USN-2892-1

    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: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-0746, http://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx/2016-January/049700.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2892-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-0746

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: nginx

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.4.6-1ubuntu3.4

    Affected versions

    1.4.1-3ubuntu1
    1.4.3-2ubuntu1
    1.4.4-1ubuntu1
    1.4.4-2ubuntu1
    1.4.4-4ubuntu1
    1.4.5-1ubuntu1
    1.4.6-1ubuntu2
    1.4.6-1ubuntu3
    1.4.6-1ubuntu3.1
    1.4.6-1ubuntu3.2
    1.4.6-1ubuntu3.3

    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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