CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-0742

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

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 via an invalid pointer dereference, leading to a worker process crash.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to disrupt server operations, potentially causing downtime for services provided by the organization.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update nginx to the latest version to eliminate this vulnerability and minimize the risk of denial of service attacks.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS