Bug 37452 – libevent: Integer overflow (4.0)

Bug 37452 - libevent: Integer overflow (4.0)


Summary:	libevent: Integer overflow (4.0)

Status:	CLOSED FIXED

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

Importance:	P3 normal (vote)
Target Milestone:	UCS 4.0-0-errata
Assigned To:	Janek Walkenhorst
QA Contact:	Moritz Muehlenhoff

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Reported:	2015-01-06 07:14 CET by Moritz Muehlenhoff
Modified:	2015-01-21 14:16 CET (History)
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Description Moritz Muehlenhoff

2015-01-06 07:14:02 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 Janek Walkenhorst

2015-01-16 15:43:48 CET

Tests: OK
Advisory: 2015-01-16-libevent.yaml

Comment 2 Moritz Muehlenhoff

2015-01-19 14:42:52 CET

Update and YAML ok.

Comment 3 Janek Walkenhorst

2015-01-21 14:16:48 CET

<http://errata.univention.de/ucs/4.0/37.html>