openSUSE Security Update : libevent (openSUSE-2018-95)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 106363

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for libevent fixes the following security issues :

- CVE-2016-10195: DNS remote stack overread vulnerability (bsc#1022917)

- CVE-2016-10196: stack/buffer overflow in evutil_parse_sockaddr_port() (bsc#1022918)

- CVE-2016-10197: out-of-bounds read in search_make_new() (bsc#1022919)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected libevent packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1022917

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1022918

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1022919

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 106363

File Name: openSUSE-2018-95.nasl

Version: 3.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/26/2018

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libevent-2_0-5, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libevent-devel, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libevent-2_0-5-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libevent-2_0-5-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libevent-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libevent-2_0-5-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 1/25/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-10195, CVE-2016-10196, CVE-2016-10197