CVE-2016-0747 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in F5 Nginx

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption14 documents9 sources
Severity
5.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
33.2%
top 3.09%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
5
F5 NginxApple XcodeCanonical Ubuntu Linux+2 more
Timeline
PublishedFeb 15
Latest updateMay 13

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:LExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 1.4

Affected Packages4 packages

▶NVDf5/nginx0.6.18 — 1.8.1+1
▶Debianf5/nginx< 1.9.10-1+3
▶NVDapple/xcode< 13.0
▶NVDopensuse/leap42.1

Also affects: Debian Linux 7.0, 8.0, 9.0, Ubuntu Linux 14.04, 15.10

Patches

Patch: bugzilla.redhat.com ↗Patch: bugzilla.redhat.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-769v-gfhq-g2w7: The resolver in nginx before 1↗2022-05-13
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CVEList
CVE-2016-0747: The resolver in nginx before 1↗2016-02-15
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OSV
CVE-2016-0747: The resolver in nginx before 1↗2016-02-15
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OSV
nginx vulnerabilities↗2016-02-09
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Apple
CVE-2016-0747: Xcode 13↗2021-09-20
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Ubuntu
nginx vulnerabilities↗2016-02-09
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Red Hat
nginx: Insufficient limits of CNAME resolution in resolver↗2016-01-26
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Debian
CVE-2016-0747: nginx - The resolver in nginx before 1.8.1 and 1.9.x before 1.9.10 does not properly lim...↗2016
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💬Community

5
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-0747 nginx: Insufficient limits of CNAME resolution in resolver↗2016-01-28
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-0742 CVE-2016-0746 CVE-2016-0747 nginx: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2016-01-28
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Bugzilla
nginx: update for CVE-2016-0742, CVE-2016-0746, CVE-2016-0747 [epel-5]↗2016-01-28
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Bugzilla
nginx: update for CVE-2016-0742, CVE-2016-0746, CVE-2016-0747 [epel-7]↗2016-01-27
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Bugzilla
nginx: update for CVE-2016-0742, CVE-2016-0746, CVE-2016-0747 [epel-6]↗2016-01-27
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