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CVE-2016-10196

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Date: March 15, 2017

Stack-based buffer overflow in the evutil_parse_sockaddr_port function in 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.

Language: C

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Related Resources (22)

https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-10196
https://github.com/libevent/libevent/blob/release-2.1.6-beta/ChangeLog
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/17
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/7
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96014
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1343453
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1201
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1104
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-13/
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1106
https://github.com/libevent/libevent/issues/318
https://github.com/libevent/libevent/commit/329acc18a0768c21ba22522f01a5c7f46cacc4d5
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3789
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-11/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-12/
https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-10/
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-10196
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-01
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10196
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10196
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-10196

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Buffer Errors

CWE-119

Out-of-bounds Write

CWE-787

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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