Buffer overflow in F5 Nginx
CVE-2011-4315
Heap-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.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.028 (86.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- F5 Nginx
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 16
- Suse Studio — versions 1.2
- Suse Studio_onsite — versions 1.2
- Suse Webyast — versions 1.2
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- [oss-security] 20111117 Re: CVE Request: nginx resolver heap overflow (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- FEDORA-2011-16075 (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- SUSE-SU-2011:1300 (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- [oss-security] 20111117 CVE Request: nginx resolver heap overflow (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- 48577 (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- 47097 (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- GLSA-201203-22 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
- 50710 (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2011-4315?
- CVE-2011-4315 is a vulnerability in F5 Nginx, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. Published 2011-12-08.
- Is CVE-2011-4315 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.