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CVE-2016-10197 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (libevent), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.
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.