Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | libevent vulnerability |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-2477-1 | First vendor Publication | 2015-01-19 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2015-01-19 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | N/A |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 7.5 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 6.4 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 10 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 14.10 - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Summary: libevent could be made to crash or run programs if it processed specially crafted data. Software Description: - libevent: Asynchronous event notification library Details: Andrew Bartlett discovered that libevent incorrectly handled large inputs to the evbuffer API. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue with an application that uses libevent to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 14.10: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: Package Information: |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2477-1 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-189 | Numeric Errors (CWE/SANS Top 25) |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27146 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27146 | ||
| Title: | SUSE-SU-2014:1283-1 -- Security update for libevent | ||
| Description: | This update fixes a buffer overflow in the buffered event handling in libevent. (CVE-2014-6272) Security Issues: * CVE-2014-6272 <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-6272> | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | SUSE-SU-2014:1283-1 CVE-2014-6272 | Version: | 3 |
| Platform(s): | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 | Product(s): | libevent |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
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| 2016-03-28 | Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update. File : Slackware_SSA_2016-085-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-03-26 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update. File : debian_DLA-137.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-02-09 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-201502-07.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-01-26 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : openSUSE-2015-68.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-01-20 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-2477-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-01-12 | Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates. File : freebsd_pkg_daa8a49b99b911e48f663085a9a4510d.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-01-09 | Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandriva_MDVSA-2015-017.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-01-07 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-3119.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-10-11 | Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing a security update. File : suse_11_libevent-141006.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2015-08-26 00:28:12 |
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| 2015-08-24 21:33:41 |
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| 2015-01-21 13:27:16 |
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| 2015-01-19 17:22:24 |
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