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Several vulnerabilities were discovered in libevent, an asynchronous event notification library. They would lead to Denial Of Service via application crash, or remote code execution.
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3789-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
https://www.debian.org/security/ Sebastien Delafond
February 15, 2017 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : libevent
CVE ID : CVE-2016-10195 CVE-2016-10196 CVE-2016-10197
Debian Bug : 854092
Several vulnerabilities were discovered in libevent, an asynchronous
event notification library. They would lead to Denial Of Service via
application crash, or remote code execution.
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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