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Debian 8: DSA-3789-1 Critical: libevent DoS Remote Code Execution

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Calendar Grey February 15, 2017
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Debian DSA-3790-1 alerts users concerning vulnerabilities in Samba that may result in service disruption and potential unauthorized access. Users are advised to upgrade promptly.
Several vulnerabilities were discovered in libevent, an asynchronous event notification library
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security advisory critical Debian remote execution application crash Denial Of Service libevent

Summary

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in
version 2.0.21-stable-2+deb8u1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 2.0.21-stable-3.

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-2016-10195 CVE-2016-10196 CVE-2016-10197

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security advisory critical Debian remote execution application crash Denial Of Service libevent

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