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Debian 7 (Wheezy) DSA-3119-1 Critical: Libevent Heap Overflow

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Calendar Grey January 6, 2015
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Debian DSA-3120-1 presents a security patch for openssl addressing possible denial of service or data exposure vulnerabilities.
Andrew Bartlett of Catalyst reported a defect affecting certain applications using the Libevent evbuffer API
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Summary

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.0.19-stable-3+deb7u1.

For the upcoming stable distribution (jessie) and the unstable
distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you upgrade your libevent packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: libevent
CVE ID: CVE-2014-6272

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