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.
Affected products
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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/332 ↗
- https://github.com/libevent/libevent/commit/ec65c42052d95d2c23d1d837136d1cf1d9ecef9e ↗
- 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://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1201 ↗