SUSE-SU-2018:0263-1

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    SUSE-SU-2018:0263-1

    Published: 29 Jan 2018Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for libevent

    Details: This update for libevent fixes the following issues: - CVE-2016-10195: DNS remote stack overread vulnerability (bsc#1022917) - CVE-2016-10196: stack/buffer overflow in evutil_parse_sockaddr_port() (bsc#1022918) (backport for 2.0.21) - CVE-2016-10197: out-of-bounds read in search_make_new() (bsc#1022919)

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20180263-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1022917, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1022918, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1022919, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10195, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10196, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10197

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libevent

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/libevent&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.4.5-24.24.3.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High