Bug 37451 – libevent: Integer overflow (3.2)

Bug 37451 - libevent: Integer overflow (3.2)


Summary:	libevent: Integer overflow (3.2)

Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 43554

Product:	UCS
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Security updates
Version:	UCS 4.0
Hardware:	Other Linux

Importance:	P5 normal (vote)
Target Milestone:	UCS 3.2-x-errata
Assigned To:	Security maintainers
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Reported:	2015-01-06 07:13 CET by Moritz Muehlenhoff
Modified:	2017-02-15 21:25 CET (History)
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Description Moritz Muehlenhoff

2015-01-06 07:13:39 CET

CVE-2014-6272

The evbuffer API in libevent is affected by an integer overflow which potentially allows a heap overflow or denial of service (ATM no existing application is known which uses the API in an affected manner).

Comment 1 Arvid Requate

2015-05-07 17:39:10 CEST

Fixed in upstream Debian package version 1.4.13-stable-1+deb6u1

Comment 2 Arvid Requate

2017-02-15 21:25:12 CET


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 43554 ***