Vulnerability CVE-2016-10196
Published: 2017-03-15

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.

Type:

CWE-119

 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
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://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1343453
https://github.com/libevent/libevent/blob/release-2.1.6-beta/ChangeLog
https://github.com/libevent/libevent/commit/329acc18a0768c21ba22522f01a5c7f46cacc4d5
https://github.com/libevent/libevent/issues/318
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-01
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-11/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-13/
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