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authorThomas Deutschmann <whissi@gentoo.org>2017-05-07 22:20:22 +0200
committerThomas Deutschmann <whissi@gentoo.org>2017-05-07 22:20:22 +0200
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="201705-01">
+ <title>libevent: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
+ <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libevent, the worst of
+ which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">libevent</product>
+ <announced>2017-05-07</announced>
+ <revised>2017-05-07: 1</revised>
+ <bug>608042</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="dev-libs/libevent" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">2.1.7_rc</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">2.1.7_rc</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>libevent is a library to execute a function when a specific event occurs
+ on a file descriptor.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libevent. Please review
+ the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the
+ privileges of the process, or cause a Denial of Service condition.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>All libevent users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
+
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=dev-libs/libevent-2.1.7_rc"
+ </code>
+
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-10195">
+ CVE-2016-10195
+ </uri>
+ <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-10196">
+ CVE-2016-10196
+ </uri>
+ <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-10197">
+ CVE-2016-10197
+ </uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2017-04-27T05:45:34Z">BlueKnight</metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2017-05-07T20:14:35Z">whissi</metadata>
+</glsa>