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.
Published: 2016-02-15
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 79.1% High
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-404-1 nginx security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3473-1 nginx security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2892-1 nginx vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T22:30:04.038Z

Reserved: 2015-12-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-0742

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-02-15T19:59:00.107

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-0742

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-01-26T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-0742 - Bugzilla

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