vulnerability
Nginx: Insufficient limits of CNAME resolution in resolver (CVE-2016-0747)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Jan 29, 2016 | Jan 29, 2016 | Aug 11, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jan 29, 2016
Added
Jan 29, 2016
Modified
Aug 11, 2025
Description
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.
Solutions
nginx-nginx-upgrade-1_8_1nginx-nginx-upgrade-1_9_10
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