CVE-2011-4315

N/A Unknown

Published: December 08, 2011 Modified: April 29, 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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-December/070569.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-12/msg00005.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/17/10

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/17/8

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/47097

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/48577

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-22.xml

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://trac.nginx.org/nginx/changeset/4268/nginx

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory

http://www.nginx.org/en/CHANGES-1.0

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Release Notes Vendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50710

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-December/070569.html