CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-10195
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-03-15
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-125
Description
The name_parse function in evdns.c in libevent before 2.1.6-beta allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving the label_len variable, which triggers an out-of-bounds stack read.
Affected configurations
• libevent project libevent (<= 2.1.5)
• debian debian linux 8.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read weakness
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3789 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/17 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/7 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96014 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1104 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1106 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1201 Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/libevent/libevent/blob/release-2.1.6-beta/ChangeLog Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/libevent/libevent/commit/96f64a022014a208105ead6c8a7066018449d86d Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/libevent/libevent/issues/317 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-01 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3789 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/17 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/7 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96014 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1104 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1106 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1201 Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/libevent/libevent/blob/release-2.1.6-beta/ChangeLog Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/libevent/libevent/commit/96f64a022014a208105ead6c8a7066018449d86d Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/libevent/libevent/issues/317 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-01 Third Party Advisory