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EulerOS 2.0 SP3 : libevent (EulerOS-SA-2018-1164)
high Nessus Plugin ID 110740
Synopsis
The remote EulerOS host is missing a security update.Description
According to the version of the libevent package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability :- Multiple integer overflows in the evbuffer API in Libevent 1.4.x before 1.4.15, 2.0.x before 2.0.22, and 2.1.x before 2.1.5-beta allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have other unspecified impact via 'insanely large inputs' to the (1) evbuffer_add, (2) evbuffer_expand, or (3) bufferevent_write function, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow or an infinite loop.(CVE-2014-6272)
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Solution
Update the affected libevent package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 110740
File Name: EulerOS_SA-2018-1164.nasl
Version: 1.9
Type: local
Family: Huawei Local Security Checks
Published: 6/28/2018
Updated: 9/12/2024
Supported Sensors: 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
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-6272
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:libevent, cpe:/o:huawei:euleros:2.0
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/EulerOS/release, Host/EulerOS/rpm-list, Host/EulerOS/sp
Excluded KB Items: Host/EulerOS/uvp_version
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 6/11/2018
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2014-6272
BID: 71971