Debian Security Advisory DSA 3119-1 (libevent - security update)

# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: deb_3119.nasl 6609 2017-07-07 12:05:59Z cfischer $
# Auto-generated from advisory DSA 3119-1 using nvtgen 1.0
# Script version: 1.0
#
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if(description)
{
    script_id(703119);
    script_version("$Revision: 6609 $");
    script_cve_id("CVE-2014-6272");
    script_name("Debian Security Advisory DSA 3119-1 (libevent - security update)");
    script_tag(name: "last_modification", value: "$Date: 2017-07-07 14:05:59 +0200 (Fri, 07 Jul 2017) $");
    script_tag(name: "creation_date", value: "2015-01-06 00:00:00 +0100 (Tue, 06 Jan 2015)");
    script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
    script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
    script_tag(name: "solution_type", value: "VendorFix");

    script_xref(name: "URL", value: "http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3119.html");


    script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

    script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2015 Greenbone Networks GmbH http://greenbone.net");
    script_family("Debian Local Security Checks");
    script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
    script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/debian_linux", "ssh/login/packages");
    script_tag(name: "affected",  value: "libevent on Debian Linux");
    script_tag(name: "solution",  value: "For the stable distribution (wheezy),
this problem has been fixed in version 2.0.19-stable-3+deb7u1.

For the upcoming stable distribution (jessie) and the unstable
distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you upgrade your libevent packages.");
    script_tag(name: "summary",   value: "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.");
    script_tag(name: "vuldetect", value: "This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.");
    script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
    exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");

res = "";
report = "";
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libevent-2.0-5", ver:"2.0.19-stable-3+deb7u1", rls_regex:"DEB7.[0-9]")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libevent-core-2.0-5", ver:"2.0.19-stable-3+deb7u1", rls_regex:"DEB7.[0-9]")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libevent-dbg", ver:"2.0.19-stable-3+deb7u1", rls_regex:"DEB7.[0-9]")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libevent-dev", ver:"2.0.19-stable-3+deb7u1", rls_regex:"DEB7.[0-9]")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libevent-extra-2.0-5", ver:"2.0.19-stable-3+deb7u1", rls_regex:"DEB7.[0-9]")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libevent-openssl-2.0-5", ver:"2.0.19-stable-3+deb7u1", rls_regex:"DEB7.[0-9]")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libevent-pthreads-2.0-5", ver:"2.0.19-stable-3+deb7u1", rls_regex:"DEB7.[0-9]")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}

if (report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
    exit(99); # Not vulnerable.
}