CVE & CISA-KEV CatalogNVD
CVE-2016-0742
HIGHEPSS 100th pctl7.5
CVSS v3
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.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
Impact
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityHigh
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Exploit Intelligence
81.96%probability of exploitation in 30 days
100thpercentile
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 100% of all known CVEs.
References
- 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
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