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CVE-2016-10196
Published: Mar 15, 2017
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the evutil_parse_sockaddr_port function in evutil.c in libevent before 2.1.6-beta allows attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via vectors involving a long string in brackets in the ip_as_string argument.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
96014
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
RHSA-2017:1106
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/
x_refsource_CONFIRM
DSA-3789
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
[oss-security] 20170202 Re: Bugs fixed in libevent 2.1.6
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-11/
x_refsource_CONFIRM
GLSA-201705-01
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/
x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-13/
x_refsource_CONFIRM
[oss-security] 20170131 Bugs fixed in libevent 2.1.6
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
1038320
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1343453
x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/libevent/libevent/issues/318
x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/libevent/libevent/blob/release-2.1.6-beta/ChangeLog
x_refsource_CONFIRM
RHSA-2017:1104
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2017:1201
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
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