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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
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 106363
File Name: openSUSE-2018-95.nasl
Version: 3.3
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 1/26/2018
Updated: 1/19/2021
Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, 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/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Patch Publication Date: 1/25/2018