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LIN7-7815 : Security Advisory - libevent - CVE-2016-10197

Created: Mar 28, 2017    Updated: Sep 8, 2018
Resolved Date: Apr 1, 2017
Found In Version: 7.0.0.23
Fix Version: 7.0.0.24
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux 7
Component/s: Userspace

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.

http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2016-10197

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