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, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, 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 |
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libevent (PTS) | bullseye | 2.1.12-stable-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2.1.12-stable-8 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2.1.12-stable-10 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
https://github.com/libevent/libevent/issues/317
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/17