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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2477-1
January 19, 2015
libevent vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
– Ubuntu 14.10
– Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
– Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
– Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Summary:
libevent could be made to crash or run programs if it processed specially
crafted data.
Software Description:
– libevent: Asynchronous event notification library
Details:
Andrew Bartlett discovered that libevent incorrectly handled large inputs
to the evbuffer API. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue with
an application that uses libevent to cause a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 14.10:
libevent-2.0-5 2.0.21-stable-1ubuntu1.14.10.1
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
libevent-2.0-5 2.0.21-stable-1ubuntu1.14.04.1
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
libevent-2.0-5 2.0.16-stable-1ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
libevent-1.4-2 1.4.13-stable-1ubuntu0.1
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2477-1
CVE-2014-6272
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libevent/2.0.21-stable-1ubuntu1.14.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libevent/2.0.21-stable-1ubuntu1.14.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libevent/2.0.16-stable-1ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libevent/1.4.13-stable-1ubuntu0.1
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