# CVE-2021-23017: A security issue in nginx resolver was identified, which might allow an attacker who is able to forge UDP packets from the DNS server to cau

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB, 9 GitHub repos listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2021-06-01 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- n/a Nginx Web Server, Nginx Plus: version range not reported

## Description

A security issue in nginx resolver was identified, which might allow an attacker who is able to forge UDP packets from the DNS server to cause 1-byte memory overwrite, resulting in worker process crash or potential other impact.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on nginx, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [nginx](https://cve.now/tech/nginx.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K12331123%2C
- http://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx-announce/2021/000300.html
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6fc5c57b38e93e36213e9a18c8a4e5dbd5ced1c7e57f08a1735975ba%40%3Cnotifications.apisix.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r37e6b2165f7c910d8e15fd54f4697857619ad2625f56583802004009%40%3Cnotifications.apisix.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf318aeeb4d7a3a312734780b47de83cefb7e6995da0b2cae5c28675c%40%3Cnotifications.apisix.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4d4966221ca399ce948ef34884652265729d7d9ef8179c78d7f17e7f%40%3Cnotifications.apisix.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf232eecd47fdc44520192810560303073cefd684b321f85e311bad31%40%3Cnotifications.apisix.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GNKOP2JR5L7KCIZTJRZDCUPJTUONMC5I/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7SFVYHC7OXTEO4SMBWXDVK6E5IMEYMEE/
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210708-0006/
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167720/Nginx-1.20.0-Denial-Of-Service.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50973
- https://github.com/6lj/EVIL-CVE-2021-23017-Update-2025
- https://github.com/Cybervixy/Vulnerability-Management
- https://github.com/M507/CVE-2021-23017-PoC
- https://github.com/ShivamDey/CVE-2021-23017
- https://github.com/lakshit1212/CVE-2021-23017-PoC
- https://github.com/lukwagoasuman/-home-lukewago-Downloads-CVE-2021-23017-Nginx-1.14
- https://github.com/moften/CVE-2021-23017
- https://github.com/niandy/nginx-patch
- https://github.com/z3usx01/CVE-2021-23017-POC

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