cve-2016-10197
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-03-15 15:00
Modified
2024-08-06 03:14
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
1.45% (0.79062)
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.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3789Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/17Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/7Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96014Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1104Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1106Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1201Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/libevent/libevent/blob/release-2.1.6-beta/ChangeLogRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/libevent/libevent/commit/ec65c42052d95d2c23d1d837136d1cf1d9ecef9ePatch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/libevent/libevent/issues/332Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-01Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3789Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/17Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/7Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96014Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1104Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1106Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1201Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/libevent/libevent/blob/release-2.1.6-beta/ChangeLogRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/libevent/libevent/commit/ec65c42052d95d2c23d1d837136d1cf1d9ecef9ePatch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/libevent/libevent/issues/332Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-01Third Party Advisory
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