CVE-2016-0747

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...

CVE-2016-0746

Use-after-free vulnerability in the resolver in nginx 0.6.18 through 1.8.0 and 1.9.x before 1.9.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service worker process crash or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted DNS response related to CNAME response processing...

CVE-2016-0742

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...

Debian DSA-3473-1 : nginx - security update

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in the resolver in nginx, a small, powerful, scalable web/proxy server, leading to denial of service or, potentially, to arbitrary code execution. These only affect nginx if the 'resolver' directive is used in a configuration file. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C...

[SECURITY] [DSA 3473-1] nginx security update

------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-3473-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso February 11, 2016 https://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

[SECURITY] [DSA 3473-1] nginx security update

------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-3473-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso February 11, 2016 https://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

DSA-3473-1 nginx - security update

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USN-2892-1 nginx vulnerabilities

It was discovered that nginx incorrectly handled certain DNS server responses when the resolver is enabled. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause nginx to crash, resulting in a denial of service. CVE-2016-0742 It was discovered that nginx incorrectly handled CNAME response...

[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: bind-9.10.3-8.P3.fc22

BIND Berkeley Internet Name Domain is an implementation of the DNS Domain Name System protocols. BIND includes a DNS server named, which resolves host names to IP addresses; a resolver library routines for applications to use when interfacing with DNS; and tools for verifying that the DNS server ...

FreeBSD : nginx -- multiple vulnerabilities (c1c18ee1-c711-11e5-96d6-14dae9d210b8)

Maxim Dounin reports : Several problems in nginx resolver were identified, which might allow an attacker to cause worker process crash, or might have potential other impact if the 'resolver' directive is used in a configuration file. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The...

bind: malformed DNSSEC key failed assertion denial of service

A denial of service flaw was found in the way BIND parsed certain malformed DNSSEC keys. A remote attacker could use this flaw to send a specially crafted DNS query for example, a query requiring a response from a zone containing a deliberately malformed key that would cause named functioning as ...

ISC BIND Resolver Cache Vulnerability (Jan 2016)

ISC BIND is prone to a resolver cache vulnerability. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only CPE = "cpe:/a:isc:bind"; ifdescription...

CVE-2016-0742

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...

UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0747

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...

UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0746

Use-after-free vulnerability in the resolver in nginx 0.6.18 through 1.8.0 and 1.9.x before 1.9.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service worker process crash or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted DNS response related to CNAME response processing...

CVE-2016-0747

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...

nginx -- multiple vulnerabilities

Maxim Dounin reports: Several problems in nginx resolver were identified, which might allow an attacker to cause worker process crash, or might have potential other impact if the "resolver" directive is used in a configuration file...

[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: bind-9.10.3-10.P3.fc23

BIND Berkeley Internet Name Domain is an implementation of the DNS Domain Name System protocols. BIND includes a DNS server named, which resolves host names to IP addresses; a resolver library routines for applications to use when interfacing with DNS; and tools for verifying that the DNS server ...

Unbound < 1.5.1 Delegation Handling Recursive Referral Handling Resource Exhaustion DoS

According to its self-reported version number, the remote Unbound DNS resolver is affected by a denial of service vulnerability in the Domain Name Service due to improper handling of a maliciously-constructed zone or queries from a rogue server. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit thi...

Unbound < 1.5.2 Upstream Server Trust Anchor Unspecified DNSSEC Validation Weakness

According to its self-reported version number, the remote Unbound DNS resolver is affected by an unspecified DNSSEC validation weakness that is triggered when an upstream server with different trust anchors introduces unsigned records in messages. C Tenable Network Security, Inc...