CVE-2011-4315
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CVE-2011-4315
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.
Exploit probability
6.0%
Published
December 8, 2011
Required by
Not available
Last source change
April 10, 2026
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
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CVE-2011-4315
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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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-December/070569.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-12/msg00005.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/17/10
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/17/8
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47097
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48577
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-22.xml
- http://trac.nginx.org/nginx/changeset/4268/nginx
- http://www.nginx.org/en/CHANGES-1.0
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50710