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<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 count="1">2017-05-07</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>
