Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.1.2.2015.137
Category:	Debian Local Security Checks
Title:	Debian: Security Advisory (DLA-137-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'libevent' package(s) announced via the DLA-137-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'libevent' package(s) announced via the DLA-137-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: The libevent library was vulnerable to a potential heap overflow in the buffer/bufferevent APIs. For Debian 6 Squeeze, these issues have been fixed in libevent version 1.4.13-stable-1+deb6u1 This update was prepared by Nguyen Cong who used the upstream-provided patch. Thanks to them! Affected Software/OS: 'libevent' package(s) on Debian 6. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 7.5 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-6272 Debian Security Information: DSA-3119 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3119 http://archives.seul.org/libevent/users/Jan-2015/msg00010.html http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.366317
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