Vulnerability CVE-2016-10195
Published: 2017-03-15

Description:
The 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.

Type:

CWE-125

 (Out-of-bounds Read)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Libevent project -> Libevent 
Debian -> Debian linux 

 References:
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3789
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/17
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/7
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96014
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1104
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1106
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1201
https://github.com/libevent/libevent/blob/release-2.1.6-beta/ChangeLog
https://github.com/libevent/libevent/commit/96f64a022014a208105ead6c8a7066018449d86d
https://github.com/libevent/libevent/issues/317
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-01
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