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Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for libevent (EulerOS-SA-2017-1090)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update for the Huawei EulerOS 'libevent' package(s) announced via the EulerOS-SA-2017-1090 advisory.
Insight
Insight
The name_parse function in evdns.c in libevent before 2.1.6-beta allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving the label_len variable, which triggers an out-of-bounds stack read.(CVE-2016-10195) Stack-based buffer overflow in the evutil_parse_sockaddr_port function in evutil.c in libevent before 2.1.6-beta allows attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via vectors involving a long string in brackets in the ip_as_string argument.(CVE-2016-10196) The search_make_new function in evdns.c in libevent before 2.1.6-beta allows attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via an empty hostname.(CVE-2016-10197)
Affected Software
Affected Software
'libevent' package(s) on Huawei EulerOS V2.0SP1.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Please install the updated package(s).