CVE-2016-0742
high
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.5
Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1.9.10-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1.9.10-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1.9.10-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1.9.10-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1.9.10-1 |
| debian | 7.0 | affected | |
| debian | 8.0 | affected | |
| debian | 9.0 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 14.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 15.10 | affected | |
| suse | 42.1 | affected | |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| f5 | nginx | {"startIncluding":"0.6.18","endExcluding":"1.8.1"} | 1.8.1 |
| apple | xcode | {"endExcluding":"13.0"} | 13.0 |
| redhat | software_collections | 1.0 | |
| nginx | nginx | {"startIncluding":"0.6.18","endExcluding":"1.8.1"} | 1.8.1 |
| nginx | nginx | {"startIncluding":"1.9.0","endExcluding":"1.9.10"} | 1.9.10 |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0742.html
- 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
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-0742
CWEs
CWE-476
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.