Debian DLA-137-1 : libevent security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 82120

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

The libevent library was vulnerable to a potential heap overflow in the buffer/bufferevent APIs.

This update was prepared by Nguyen Cong who used the upstream-provided patch. Thanks to them!

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 82120

File Name: debian_DLA-137.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 3/26/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libevent-1.4-2, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libevent-core-1.4-2, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libevent-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libevent-extra-1.4-2, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/26/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-6272

BID: 71971

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