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Debian DLA-824-1 : libevent security update
critical Nessus Plugin ID 97195
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Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security update.Description
Several vulnerabilities were discovered in libevent, an asynchronous event notification library. They would lead to Denial Of Service via application crash, or remote code execution.For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 2.0.19-stable-3+deb7u2.
We recommend that you upgrade your libevent packages.
NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Upgrade the affected packages.See Also
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/02/msg00013.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 97195
File Name: debian_DLA-824.nasl
Version: 3.8
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 2/16/2017
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
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 v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 8.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libevent-dbg, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libevent-openssl-2.0-5, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libevent-2.0-5, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libevent-core-2.0-5, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libevent-pthreads-2.0-5, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libevent-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libevent-extra-2.0-5
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 2/15/2017