USN-2477-1

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    USN-2477-1

    Published: 19 Jan 2015Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: libevent vulnerability

    Details: Andrew Bartlett discovered that libevent incorrectly handled large inputs to the evbuffer API. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue with an application that uses libevent to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2477-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-6272

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libevent

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.0.21-stable-1ubuntu1.14.04.1

    Affected versions

    2.0.21-stable-1
    2.0.21-stable-1ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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