CVE-2016-10195

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-10195
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-03-15 15:59:00 UTC
Updated2022-01-31 17:39:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-125

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Libevent Project Libevent All All All All
Application Libevent Project Libevent All beta All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Bugs fixed in libevent 2.1.6 MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
Mozilla Firefox Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Bypass Security Restrictions, Spoof URLs, Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information, Deny Service, and Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
Malformed Request BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
oss-security - Re: Bugs fixed in libevent 2.1.6 MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
libevent/ChangeLog at release-2.1.6-beta · libevent/libevent · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3789-1 libevent DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
libevent dns remote stack overread vulnerability · Issue #317 · libevent/libevent · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
evdns: name_parse(): fix remote stack overread · libevent/libevent@96f64a0 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
libevent: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201705-01) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 378109 Virtuozzo Linux Security Update for thunderbird (VZLSA-2017:1201)
  • 378158 Virtuozzo Linux Security Update for thunderbird (VZLSA-2017:1201)
  • 378270 Virtuozzo Linux Security Update for firefox (VZLSA-2017:1106)
  • 378316 Virtuozzo Linux Security Update for firefox (VZLSA-2017:1104)
  • 500287 Alpine Linux Security Update for libevent
  • 504057 Alpine Linux Security Update for libevent
  • 710287 Gentoo Linux Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201802-03)
  • 710333 Gentoo Linux libevent Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201705-01)
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