CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-4450

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Jun 07, 2016 | Modified: Nov 10, 2021
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
4.3 MODERATE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

os/unix/ngx_files.c in nginx before 1.10.1 and 1.11.x before 1.11.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and worker process crash) via a crafted request, involving writing a client request body to a temporary file.

Weakness

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Ubuntu_linux Canonical 14.04 (including) 14.04 (including)
Ubuntu_linux Canonical 15.10 (including) 15.10 (including)
Ubuntu_linux Canonical 16.04 (including) 16.04 (including)
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 RedHat rh-nginx18-nginx-1:1.8.1-1.el6 *
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUS RedHat rh-nginx18-nginx-1:1.8.1-1.el6 *
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 EUS RedHat rh-nginx18-nginx-1:1.8.1-1.el6 *
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 RedHat rh-nginx18-nginx-1:1.8.1-1.el7 *
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 EUS RedHat rh-nginx18-nginx-1:1.8.1-1.el7 *
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 EUS RedHat rh-nginx18-nginx-1:1.8.1-1.el7 *
Nginx Ubuntu devel *
Nginx Ubuntu precise *
Nginx Ubuntu trusty *
Nginx Ubuntu upstream *
Nginx Ubuntu wily *
Nginx Ubuntu xenial *
Nginx Ubuntu yakkety *
Nginx Ubuntu zesty *

Potential Mitigations

References