CVE-2016-10197
An out of bounds read vulnerability was found in libevent in the search_make_new function. If an attacker could cause an application using libevent to attempt resolving an empty hostname, an out of bounds read could occur possibly leading to a crash.
Find out more about CVE-2016-10197 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
CVSS v3 metrics
| CVSS3 Base Score | 5.3 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| Attack Vector | Network |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Low |
Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (thunderbird) | RHSA-2017:1201 | 2017-05-08 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (firefox) | RHSA-2017:1106 | 2017-04-21 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (firefox) | RHSA-2017:1104 | 2017-04-20 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (thunderbird) | RHSA-2017:1201 | 2017-05-08 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | openmpi | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | nfs-utils | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | libevent | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | openmpi | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | chromium-browser | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | libevent | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | nfs-utils | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | openmpi | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | thunderbird | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | nfs-utils | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | libevent | Will not fix |