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Package "libevent"

Name: libevent

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This package is just an umbrella for a group of other packages, it has no description.
Description samples from packages in group:

  • Asynchronous event notification library
  • Asynchronous event notification library (core)
  • Asynchronous event notification library (debug symbols)
  • Asynchronous event notification library (development files)
Latest version: 2.0.21-stable-2ubuntu0.16.04.1
Release: xenial (16.04)
Level: updates
Repository: main

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security main 2.0.21-stable-2ubuntu0.16.04.1

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Version: 2.0.21-stable-2ubuntu0.16.04.1 2017-03-13 19:06:54 UTC

  libevent (2.0.21-stable-2ubuntu0.16.04.1) xenial-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: buffer overread in name_parse()
    - debian/patches/CVE-2016-10195.patch: fix length check in evdns.c.
    - CVE-2016-10195
  * SECURITY UPDATE: integer overflow in evutil_parse_sockaddr_port()
    - debian/patches/CVE-2016-10196.patch: use size_t for length in
      evutil.c.
    - CVE-2016-10196
  * SECURITY UPDATE: OOB read via empty hostname
    - debian/patches/CVE-2016-10197-1.patch: check result in evdns.c.
    - debian/patches/CVE-2016-10197-2.patch: add test to
      test/regress_dns.c.
    - CVE-2016-10197

 -- Marc Deslauriers <email address hidden> Fri, 10 Mar 2017 14:12:18 -0500
CVE-2016-1019 Adobe Flash Player 21.0.0.197 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code


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