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DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10195

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_le...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 libevent

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.0.21-stable-3"}]}]

Debian:13 libevent

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.0.21-stable-3"}]}]

Debian:14 libevent

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.0.21-stable-3"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org