vulnerability
Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-10196: libevent: Multiple vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Mar 15, 2017 | Oct 30, 2017 | Mar 31, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Mar 15, 2017
Added
Oct 30, 2017
Modified
Mar 31, 2026
Description
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.
Solutions
gentoo-linux-upgrade-dev-libs-libeventgentoo-linux-upgrade-www-client-firefoxgentoo-linux-upgrade-www-client-firefox-bin
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