CVE-2016-10197 (GCVE-0-2016-10197)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-03-15 15:00
Modified
2024-08-06 03:14
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.org http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3789 Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/17 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/7 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96014 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1104 Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1106 Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1201 Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://github.com/libevent/libevent/blob/release-2.1.6-beta/ChangeLog Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://github.com/libevent/libevent/commit/ec65c42052d95d2c23d1d837136d1cf1d9ecef9e Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://github.com/libevent/libevent/issues/332 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-01 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3789 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/17 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/7 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96014 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1104 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1106 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1201 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://github.com/libevent/libevent/blob/release-2.1.6-beta/ChangeLog Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://github.com/libevent/libevent/commit/ec65c42052d95d2c23d1d837136d1cf1d9ecef9e Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://github.com/libevent/libevent/issues/332 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-01 Third Party Advisory
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