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CVE-2021-23017
June 01, 2021
A security issue in nginx resolver was identified, which might allow an attacker who is able to forge UDP packets from the DNS server to cause 1-byte memory overwrite, resulting in worker process crash or potential other impact.
Related Resources (28)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf318aeeb4d7a3a312734780b47de83cefb7e6995da0b2cae5c28675c%40%3Cnotifications.apisix.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6fc5c57b38e93e36213e9a18c8a4e5dbd5ced1c7e57f08a1735975ba%40%3Cnotifications.apisix.apache.org%3E
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K12331123%2C
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2021-23017
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4d4966221ca399ce948ef34884652265729d7d9ef8179c78d7f17e7f@%3Cnotifications.apisix.apache.org%3E
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-23017
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6fc5c57b38e93e36213e9a18c8a4e5dbd5ced1c7e57f08a1735975ba@%3Cnotifications.apisix.apache.org%3E
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1963121
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210708-0006/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7SFVYHC7OXTEO4SMBWXDVK6E5IMEYMEE/
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
https://github.com/nginx/nginx/commit/e860ecce82f1ee9cffb228d29d3ad61375b29aff
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2021-23017
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-23017
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GNKOP2JR5L7KCIZTJRZDCUPJTUONMC5I/
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r37e6b2165f7c910d8e15fd54f4697857619ad2625f56583802004009%40%3Cnotifications.apisix.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf318aeeb4d7a3a312734780b47de83cefb7e6995da0b2cae5c28675c@%3Cnotifications.apisix.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4d4966221ca399ce948ef34884652265729d7d9ef8179c78d7f17e7f%40%3Cnotifications.apisix.apache.org%3E
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K12331123
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r37e6b2165f7c910d8e15fd54f4697857619ad2625f56583802004009@%3Cnotifications.apisix.apache.org%3E
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7SFVYHC7OXTEO4SMBWXDVK6E5IMEYMEE/
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf232eecd47fdc44520192810560303073cefd684b321f85e311bad31@%3Cnotifications.apisix.apache.org%3E
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GNKOP2JR5L7KCIZTJRZDCUPJTUONMC5I/
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf232eecd47fdc44520192810560303073cefd684b321f85e311bad31%40%3Cnotifications.apisix.apache.org%3E
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167720/Nginx-1.20.0-Denial-Of-Service.html
http://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx-announce/2021/000300.html
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
9.2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
LOW
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.7
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
LOW
CVSS v2
Base Score:
6.8
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Weakness Type (CWE)
Off-by-one Error
CWE-193
EPSS
Base Score:
73.17