CVE-2016-10196

CVE Details

Release Date:

2016-01-27

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the evutil_parse_sockaddr_port functionin 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.

See more information about CVE-2016-10196 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	5	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2017-1201	2017-05-08
Oracle Linux version 7 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2017-1201	2017-05-08

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