CVE-2021-23017

high

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.

References

https://github.com/amogh344/NetSpectre

https://github.com/dasokkk/wapp2cve

https://github.com/its-arnavtech/Vantage

https://github.com/janderik/vuln-forge

https://github.com/harshweb-cyber/Netscout

https://github.com/Guppss/VulnScan-Pro

https://github.com/arsalan-khan-dev/VulnScan-Pro

https://github.com/aimannurzharfan/netguard-sentinel

https://github.com/aimannurzharfan/Netguard-Sentinel

https://github.com/SallyAboud/Vulnerability-Scanner

https://github.com/zencefilefendi/dedekorkut

https://github.com/wyqsgy/vulnark

https://github.com/scorpiocodex/vulnix

https://github.com/AbdulMoiz6692/cve-vulnerability-scanner-pro

https://github.com/RehmanAjaz/CVE-Scanner

https://github.com/magicianKaif/Slime-N-Scanner

https://github.com/0xParth/stack-cve-cli

https://github.com/Vyntral/god-eye

https://github.com/Dextan-solutions/shodan_network_scanner

https://github.com/Cybervixy/Vulnerability-Management

https://github.com/lukwagoasuman/-home-lukewago-Downloads-CVE-2021-23017-Nginx-1.14

https://github.com/z3usx01/CVE-2021-23017-POC

https://github.com/krlabs/nginx-vulnerabilities

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K12331123%2C

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf318aeeb4d7a3a312734780b47de83cefb7e6995da0b2cae5c28675c%40%3Cnotifications.apisix.apache.org%3E

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf232eecd47fdc44520192810560303073cefd684b321f85e311bad31%40%3Cnotifications.apisix.apache.org%3E

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6fc5c57b38e93e36213e9a18c8a4e5dbd5ced1c7e57f08a1735975ba%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/r37e6b2165f7c910d8e15fd54f4697857619ad2625f56583802004009%40%3Cnotifications.apisix.apache.org%3E

http://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx-announce/2021/000300.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-06-01

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.53461