VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-0747

CVSS score5.3 MEDIUM
EPSS probability8.66%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2016-02-15
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Primary references