CVE-2011-4315

MediumCVSS 6.8/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 6.8/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-787

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-December/070569.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-12/msg00005.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/17/10Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/17/8Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/47097Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48577Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-22.xmlThird Party Advisory
http://trac.nginx.org/nginx/changeset/4268/nginxIssue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.nginx.org/en/CHANGES-1.0Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50710Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-December/070569.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-12/msg00005.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/17/10Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/17/8Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/47097Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48577Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-22.xmlThird Party Advisory
http://trac.nginx.org/nginx/changeset/4268/nginxIssue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.nginx.org/en/CHANGES-1.0Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50710Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Timeline

Published: Dec 8, 2011
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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