CVE-2016-0747

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 Medium 5.3
Description
The resolver in nginx before 1.8.1 and 1.9.x before 1.9.10 does not properly limit CNAME resolution, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (worker process resource consumption) via vectors related to arbitrary name resolution.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-0747
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2016-02-15T19:59:02
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2021-12-16T18:43:52
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-400 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/400.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 0.6.18 1.8.1
cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.9.0 1.9.10
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:apple:xcode:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 13.0
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • LOW
  • Base Score
  • 5.3
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 1.4
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00042.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1302589 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2892-1 Third Party Advisory
http://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx/2016-January/049700.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3473 Third Party Advisory
https://bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa115 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034869 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-06 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1425 Third Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212818 Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/36 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0747
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-0747
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 06:40:55 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 08:23:24 2016-02-15T19:59Z 2016-02-15T19:59:02 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 08:23:24 2021-12-16T18:43:52 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 08:23:24 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated