CVE-2016-0747 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2016-0747

The resolver in nginx before 1.8.1 and 1.9.x before 1.9.10...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

nginx, ubuntu linux, debian linux, leap, xcode
Vulnerable Versions:
0.6.18, 1.9.0, 14.04, 15.10, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0, 42.1, 0

Timeline

Official Publish: February 15th, 2016
Last Modified: August 5th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.