CVE-2011-4315
mediumpriority · track · 29EPSS 0.060 · 93 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-23
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.
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affected products (7)
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references (31)
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- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-December/070569.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-12/msg00005.htmlcnnvd
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/17/10cnnvd
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/17/8cnnvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47097cnnvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48577cnnvd
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-22.xmlcnnvd
- http://trac.nginx.org/nginx/changeset/4268/nginxcnnvd
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