Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:6772Remote Code Execution (RCE)
7.5 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
libevent.so is vulnerable to remote code execution (RCE). The application contains multiple integer overflows in the evbuffer_add, evbuffer_expand and bufferevent_write functions in buffer.c that can lead to the application crashing or arbitrary code being executed.
| CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| libevent_core-1.4.so | eq | 2.1.3 | |
| libevent_core-2.0.so | eq | 5.1.9 |
References
archives.seul.org/libevent/users/Jan-2015/msg00010.html
www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3119
www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.366317
github.com/libevent/libevent/commit/20d6d4458bee5d88bda1511c225c25b2d3198d6c
github.com/libevent/libevent/commit/7b21c4eabf1f3946d3f63cce1319c490caab8ecf
puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-6272
Related
7.5 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P