Debian: CVE-2016-10197: libevent -- security update
5
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
02/15/2017
07/25/2018
02/16/2017
03/02/2020
Description
The search_make_new function in evdns.c in libevent before 2.1.6-beta allows attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via an empty hostname.
Solution(s)
- debian-upgrade-libevent
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