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gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-201705-01.xml

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201705-01">
<title>libevent: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
<synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libevent, the worst of
which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">libevent</product>
<announced>2017-05-07</announced>
<revised>2017-05-07: 1</revised>
<bug>608042</bug>
<access>remote</access>
<affected>
<package name="dev-libs/libevent" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="ge">2.1.7_rc</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="lt">2.1.7_rc</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background>
<p>libevent is a library to execute a function when a specific event occurs
on a file descriptor.
</p>
</background>
<description>
<p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libevent. Please review
the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
</p>
</description>
<impact type="normal">
<p>A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the process, or cause a Denial of Service condition.
</p>
</impact>
<workaround>
<p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
</workaround>
<resolution>
<p>All libevent users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
<code>
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=dev-libs/libevent-2.1.7_rc"
</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-10195">
CVE-2016-10195
</uri>
<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-10196">
CVE-2016-10196
</uri>
<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-10197">
CVE-2016-10197
</uri>
</references>
<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2017-04-27T05:45:34Z">BlueKnight</metadata>
<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2017-05-07T20:14:35Z">whissi</metadata>
</glsa>