Nginx DNS UDP Packet Handler Crash Denial Of Service Vulnerability (CVE-2016-0742)
Publish date: January 11, 2017
Severity: CRITICAL
DESCRIPTION
A denial-of-service vulnerability has been reported in NGINX. The vulnerability is due to nginx dereferencing an invalid pointer while processing certain DNS packets.
A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by forging UDP packets as if from a trusted DNS server. Successful exploitation attempt may result in denial-of-service condition.
TREND MICRO PROTECTION INFORMATION
Apply associated Trend Micro DPI Rules.
SOLUTION
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Number: 1008085
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