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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="201705-01">
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<title>libevent: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
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<synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libevent, the worst of
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which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">libevent</product>
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<announced>2017-05-07</announced>
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<revised>2017-05-07: 1</revised>
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<bug>608042</bug>
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<access>remote</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="dev-libs/libevent" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">2.1.7_rc</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">2.1.7_rc</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>libevent is a library to execute a function when a specific event occurs
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on a file descriptor.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libevent. Please review
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the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="normal">
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<p>A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the
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privileges of the process, or cause a Denial of Service condition.
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</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>All libevent users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-libs/libevent-2.1.7_rc"
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</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-10195">
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CVE-2016-10195
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</uri>
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<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-10196">
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CVE-2016-10196
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</uri>
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<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-10197">
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CVE-2016-10197
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</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2017-04-27T05:45:34Z">BlueKnight</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2017-05-07T20:14:35Z">whissi</metadata>
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</glsa>
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