CVE-2016-10197
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2016-03-03 | |
| Impact: | Low | What is this? |
Description
The search_make_new function in evdns.c in libevent before 2.1.6-betaallows attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via an empty hostname.
See more information about CVE-2016-10197 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
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 |
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