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CVE-2016-0742

Date: February 15, 2016

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

7.5

Related Resources (15)

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00042.html

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2892-1

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3473

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1302587

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-0742

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034869

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-0742

Url: https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212818

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-06

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0742

Url: http://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx/2016-January/049700.html

Url: https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa115

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1425

Url: http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/36

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-0742

Severity Score

7.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

NULL Pointer Dereference

CWE-476

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.5
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	5.0
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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