CVE-2016-10195

Name	CVE-2016-10195
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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DLA-824-1, DSA-3789-1
Debian Bugs	854092

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
libevent (PTS)	buster	2.1.8-stable-4	fixed
	bullseye	2.1.12-stable-1	fixed
	bookworm, sid	2.1.12-stable-5	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Origin	Debian Bugs
libevent	source	wheezy	2.0.19-stable-3+deb7u2	DLA-824-1
libevent	source	jessie	2.0.21-stable-2+deb8u1	DSA-3789-1
libevent	source	(unstable)	2.0.21-stable-3		854092

https://github.com/libevent/libevent/issues/317
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/17