CVE-2016-10197
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2016-10197 |
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| State | PUBLIC |
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| Assigner | [email protected] |
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| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
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| Published | 2017-03-15 15:59:00 UTC |
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| Updated | 2022-01-31 17:38:00 UTC |
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| 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. |
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NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
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| oss-security - Bugs fixed in libevent 2.1.6 |
MLIST |
www.openwall.com |
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| Red Hat Customer Portal |
REDHAT |
access.redhat.com |
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| 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 |
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| out-of-bounds read in search_make_new() · Issue #332 · libevent/libevent · GitHub |
CONFIRM |
github.com |
Exploit, Third Party Advisory |
| Malformed Request |
BID |
www.securityfocus.com |
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| oss-security - Re: Bugs fixed in libevent 2.1.6 |
MLIST |
www.openwall.com |
Mailing List, 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 |
| evdns: fix searching empty hostnames · libevent/libevent@ec65c42 · GitHub |
CONFIRM |
github.com |
Patch, Third Party Advisory |
| Red Hat Customer Portal |
REDHAT |
access.redhat.com |
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| Red Hat Customer Portal |
REDHAT |
access.redhat.com |
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| libevent: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201705-01) — Gentoo security |
GENTOO |
security.gentoo.org |
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| CVE Program record |
CVE.ORG |
www.cve.org |
canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail |
NVD |
nvd.nist.gov |
canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
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)
