Description
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.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96014 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1106 ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3789 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/02/7 ↗
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-01 ↗
- https://github.com/libevent/libevent/issues/317 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/31/17 ↗
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038320 ↗
- https://github.com/libevent/libevent/blob/release-2.1.6-beta/ChangeLog ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1104 ↗
- https://github.com/libevent/libevent/commit/96f64a022014a208105ead6c8a7066018449d86d ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1201 ↗