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CVE-2016-0742

Publication date 26 January 2016

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
nginx 17.04 zesty
Fixed 1.9.10-0ubuntu1
16.10 yakkety
Fixed 1.9.10-0ubuntu1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1.9.10-0ubuntu1
15.10 wily
Fixed 1.9.3-1ubuntu1.1
15.04 vivid Ignored end of life
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1.4.6-1ubuntu3.4
12.04 LTS precise Ignored end of life

Patch details

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Package Patch details
nginx

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-2892-1
    • nginx vulnerabilities
    • 9 February 2016

Other references