[ MDVSA-2015:017-1 ] libevent

 Mandriva Linux Security Advisory                       MDVSA-2015:017-1
 http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/
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 Package : libevent
 Date    : March 29, 2015
 Affected: Business Server 2.0
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 Problem Description:

 Updated libevent packages fix security vulnerability:

 Andrew Bartlett of Catalyst reported a defect affecting certain
 applications using the Libevent evbuffer API. This defect leaves
 applications which pass insanely large inputs to evbuffers open
 to a possible heap overflow or infinite loop. In order to exploit
 this flaw, an attacker needs to be able to find a way to provoke the
 program into trying to make a buffer chunk larger than what will fit
 into a single size_t or off_t (CVE-2014-6272).

 Update:

 Packages for Mandriva Business Server 2 are now being provided.
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 References:

 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-6272
 http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0009.html
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 Updated Packages:

 Mandriva Business Server 2/X86_64:
 c51132b310fb74179927370b6b82ec0c  mbs2/x86_64/lib64event5-2.0.21-6.1.mbs2.x86_64.rpm
 d14d946ff417ba2f4564473b2c0d7094  mbs2/x86_64/lib64event-devel-2.0.21-6.1.mbs2.x86_64.rpm
 ed0c011d6883d2d3aef40acab4282264  mbs2/SRPMS/libevent-2.0.21-6.1.mbs2.src.rpm
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