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  • [SECURITY] [DSA 3119-1] libevent security update

    From Salvatore Bonaccorso@1:229/2 to All on Tue Jan 6 08:30:02 2015
    From: [email protected]

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    - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-3119-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso January 06, 2015 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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    Package : libevent
    CVE ID : CVE-2014-6272
    Debian Bug : 774645

    Andrew Bartlett of Catalyst reported a defect affecting certain
    applications using the Libevent evbuffer API. This defect leaves
    applications which pass insanely large inputs to evbuffers open to a
    possible heap overflow or infinite loop. In order to exploit this flaw,
    an attacker needs to be able to find a way to provoke the program into
    trying to make a buffer chunk larger than what will fit into a single
    size_t or off_t.

    For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
    version 2.0.19-stable-3+deb7u1.

    For the upcoming stable distribution (jessie) and the unstable
    distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon.

    We recommend that you upgrade your libevent packages.

    Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
    these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
    found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

    Mailing list: [email protected]
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