Attacker Value
Unknown
(0 users assessed)
Exploitability
Unknown
(0 users assessed)
User Interaction
None
Privileges Required
None
Attack Vector
Network
0

CVE-2016-0742

Disclosure Date: February 15, 2016
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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.

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CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Base Score:
7.5 High
Impact Score:
3.6
Exploitability Score:
3.9
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector (AV):
Network
Attack Complexity (AC):
Low
Privileges Required (PR):
None
User Interaction (UI):
None
Scope (S):
Unchanged
Confidentiality (C):
None
Integrity (I):
None
Availability (A):
High

General Information

Vendors

  • apple,
  • canonical,
  • debian,
  • f5,
  • opensuse,
  • redhat

Products

  • debian linux 7.0,
  • debian linux 8.0,
  • debian linux 9.0,
  • leap 42.1,
  • nginx,
  • software collections 1.0,
  • ubuntu linux 14.04,
  • ubuntu linux 15.10,
  • xcode
Technical Analysis