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openSUSE Security Update : libevent (openSUSE-SU-2015:0132-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 80992

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

libevent was updated to fixed heap overflows in buffer API (bsc#897243 CVE-2014-6272)

Solution

Update the affected libevent packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=897243

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00070.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 80992

File Name: openSUSE-2015-68.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/26/2015

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libevent-2_0-5, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libevent-2_0-5-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libevent-2_0-5-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libevent-2_0-5-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libevent-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libevent-devel, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.1, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.2

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/15/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-6272