ghsa-p9p6-m8vm-vcxx
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-13 01:04
Modified
2022-05-13 01:04
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details

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.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2016-10197"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-125"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2017-03-15T15:59:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-p9p6-m8vm-vcxx",
  "modified": "2022-05-13T01:04:13Z",
  "published": "2022-05-13T01:04:13Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10197"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/libevent/libevent/issues/332"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/libevent/libevent/commit/ec65c42052d95d2c23d1d837136d1cf1d9ecef9e"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1104"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1106"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1201"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/libevent/libevent/blob/release-2.1.6-beta/ChangeLog"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-01"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3789"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/17"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/7"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96014"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320"
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
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}


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