CVE-2016-10196

CVE Details

Release Date:	2016-01-27
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

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.

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

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	5.0
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
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