SuSE 11.3 Security Update for libevent (SAT Patch Number 9824) fixes buffer overflow in event handling
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![]() | Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for libevent (EulerOS-SA-2018-1164) | 23 Jan 202000:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | SUSE: Security Advisory (SUSE-SU-2014:1283-1) | 9 Jun 202100:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2477-1) | 23 Jan 201500:00 | – | openvas |
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![]() | Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2015-0009) | 28 Jan 202200:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Debian Security Advisory DSA 3119-1 (libevent - security update) | 6 Jan 201500:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-3119-1) | 5 Jan 201500:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for libevent (EulerOS-SA-2019-2515) | 23 Jan 202000:00 | – | openvas |
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from SuSE 11 update information. The text itself is
# copyright (C) Novell, Inc.
#
if (NASL_LEVEL < 3000) exit(0);
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(78253);
script_version("1.3");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/19");
script_cve_id("CVE-2014-6272");
script_name(english:"SuSE 11.3 Security Update : libevent (SAT Patch Number 9824)");
script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote SuSE 11 host is missing a security update."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"This update fixes a buffer overflow in the buffered event handling in
libevent. (CVE-2014-6272)"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=897243"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-6272.html"
);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Apply SAT patch number 9824.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"risk_factor", value:"High");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libevent-1_4-2");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2014/10/06");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/10/11");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2021 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
script_family(english:"SuSE Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/release");
if (isnull(release) || release !~ "^(SLED|SLES)11") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SuSE 11");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if (cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && "x86_64" >!< cpu && "s390x" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "SuSE 11", cpu);
pl = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/patchlevel");
if (isnull(pl) || int(pl) != 3) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SuSE 11.3");
flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED11", sp:3, cpu:"i586", reference:"libevent-1_4-2-1.4.5-24.24.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED11", sp:3, cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libevent-1_4-2-1.4.5-24.24.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES11", sp:3, reference:"libevent-1_4-2-1.4.5-24.24.1")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
else security_hole(0);
exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
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