CVE-2011-4315 Memory corruption in n/a

Medium 6.8 Published Updated

Remote attackers can crash the nginx web server via a heap-based buffer overflow in resolver processing, causing denial of service.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2011-4315?

CVE-2011-4315 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 8 Dec 2011. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-4315?

It affects 5 products.

Products include F5 Nginx, Fedoraproject Fedora, Suse Studio, Suse Studio Onsite, Suse Webyast.

How do I fix CVE-2011-4315?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2011-4315 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-4315 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4315, GHSA-v2v8-x9vm-wr66.

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