Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.2.2018.1164
Category:	Huawei EulerOS Local Security Checks
Title:	Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for libevent (EulerOS-SA-2018-1164)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the Huawei EulerOS 'libevent' package(s) announced via the EulerOS-SA-2018-1164 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the Huawei EulerOS 'libevent' package(s) announced via the EulerOS-SA-2018-1164 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Multiple integer overflows in the evbuffer API in Libevent 1.4.x before 1.4.15, 2.0.x before 2.0.22, and 2.1.x before 2.1.5-beta allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have other unspecified impact via 'insanely large inputs' to the (1) evbuffer_add, (2) evbuffer_expand, or (3) bufferevent_write function, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow or an infinite loop.(CVE-2014-6272) Affected Software/OS: 'libevent' package(s) on Huawei EulerOS V2.0SP3. 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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