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.
Affected products
- F5 / NGINX0.6.18 – 1.0.10
- fedoraproject / fedora16 – 16
- SUSE / studio1.2 – 1.2
- SUSE / Studio onsite1.2 – 1.2
- SUSE / webyast1.2 – 1.2
References
- MAILING_LISThttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/17/10
- MAILING_LISThttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-December/070569.html
- MAILING_LISThttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-12/msg00005.html
- MISChttp://www.nginx.org/en/CHANGES-1.0
- MISChttp://trac.nginx.org/nginx/changeset/4268/nginx
- MAILING_LISThttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/17/8
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/48577
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/47097
- MISChttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-22.xml
- MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50710