CVE-2011-4315

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-4315
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-12-08 20:55:00 UTC
Updated2021-11-10 15:54:00 UTC
DescriptionHeap-based buffer overflow in compression-pointer processing in core/ngx_resolver.c in nginx before 1.0.10 allows remote resolvers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long response.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application F5 Nginx All All All All
Application F5 Nginx All All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 16 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 16 All All All
Application Nginx Nginx All All All All
Application Nginx Nginx All All All All
Application Nginx Nginx All All All All
Application Suse Studio 1.2 All All All
Application Suse Studio 1.2 All All All
Application Suse Studio Onsite 1.2 All All All
Application Suse Studio Onsite 1.2 All All All
Application Suse Webyast 1.2 All All All
Application Suse Webyast 1.2 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2011:1300-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Changeset 4268:25ddf6afc0ff – nginx CONFIRM trac.nginx.org Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: nginx resolver heap overflow MLIST openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
www.nginx.org/en/CHANGES-1.0 CONFIRM www.nginx.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: nginx-1.0.10-1.fc16 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
nginx DNS Resolver Remote Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
About Secunia Research | Flexera SECUNIA secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- nginx: Multiple vulnerabilities GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Security Alerts - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Third Party Advisory
oss-security - CVE Request: nginx resolver heap overflow MLIST openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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