CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-10197
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-03-15
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-125
Description
The search_make_new function in evdns.c in libevent before 2.1.6-beta allows attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via an empty hostname.
Affected configurations
• debian debian linux 8.0
• libevent project libevent (<= 2.1.5)
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, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/7 Mailing List, 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/ec65c42052d95d2c23d1d837136d1cf1d9ecef9e Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/libevent/libevent/issues/332 Exploit, Issue Tracking, 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, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/7 Mailing List, 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/ec65c42052d95d2c23d1d837136d1cf1d9ecef9e Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/libevent/libevent/issues/332 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-01 Third Party Advisory