USN-3228-1: libevent vulnerabilities
USN-3228-1: libevent vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3228-1 13th March, 2017 libevent vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 16.10 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Summary Several security issues were fixed in libevent. Software description libevent – Asynchronous event notification library Details Guido Vranken discovered that libevent incorrectly handled memory whenprocessing certain data. A remote attacker could possibly use this issuewith an application that uses libevent to cause a denial of service, orpossibly execute arbitrary code. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version: Ubuntu 16.10: libevent-2.0-5 2.0.21-stable-2ubuntu0.16.10.1 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: libevent-2.0-5 2.0.21-stable-2ubuntu0.16.04.1 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: libevent-2.0-5 2.0.21-stable-1ubuntu1.14.04.2 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: libevent-2.0-5 2.0.16-stable-1ubuntu0.2 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary [ more… ]