Security update for libevent

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:0200-1
Rating: moderate
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Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2016-10195 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2016-10195 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2016-10196 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2016-10196 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2016-10197 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2016-10197 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Container as a Service Platform 1.0
  • SUSE Container as a Service Platform 2.0
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 12-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3

An update that solves three vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for libevent fixes the following security issues:

  • CVE-2016-10195: DNS remote stack overread vulnerability (bsc#1022917)
  • CVE-2016-10196: stack/buffer overflow in evutil_parse_sockaddr_port() (bsc#1022918)
  • CVE-2016-10197: out-of-bounds read in search_make_new() (bsc#1022919)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2018-143=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2018-143=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2018-143=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 12-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP2-2018-143=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP3-2018-143=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2018-143=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2018-143=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2018-143=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-143=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-143=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-143=1
  • SUSE Container as a Service Platform 2.0
    To install this update, use the SUSE CaaS Platform 'skuba' tool. It will inform you if it detects new updates and let you then trigger updating of the complete cluster in a controlled way.
  • SUSE Container as a Service Platform 1.0
    To install this update, use the SUSE CaaS Platform 'skuba' tool. It will inform you if it detects new updates and let you then trigger updating of the complete cluster in a controlled way.

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 (x86_64)
    • libevent-2_0-5-debuginfo-2.0.21-6.3.1
    • libevent-2_0-5-2.0.21-6.3.1
    • libevent-debugsource-2.0.21-6.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 (x86_64)
    • libevent-2_0-5-debuginfo-2.0.21-6.3.1
    • libevent-2_0-5-2.0.21-6.3.1
    • libevent-debugsource-2.0.21-6.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2 (aarch64)
    • libevent-2_0-5-debuginfo-2.0.21-6.3.1
    • libevent-2_0-5-2.0.21-6.3.1
    • libevent-debugsource-2.0.21-6.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 12-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libevent-devel-2.0.21-6.3.1
    • libevent-debugsource-2.0.21-6.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libevent-devel-2.0.21-6.3.1
    • libevent-debugsource-2.0.21-6.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • libevent-2_0-5-debuginfo-2.0.21-6.3.1
    • libevent-2_0-5-2.0.21-6.3.1
    • libevent-debugsource-2.0.21-6.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libevent-2_0-5-debuginfo-2.0.21-6.3.1
    • libevent-2_0-5-2.0.21-6.3.1
    • libevent-debugsource-2.0.21-6.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • libevent-2_0-5-debuginfo-2.0.21-6.3.1
    • libevent-2_0-5-2.0.21-6.3.1
    • libevent-debugsource-2.0.21-6.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libevent-2_0-5-debuginfo-2.0.21-6.3.1
    • libevent-2_0-5-2.0.21-6.3.1
    • libevent-debugsource-2.0.21-6.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • libevent-2_0-5-debuginfo-2.0.21-6.3.1
    • libevent-2_0-5-2.0.21-6.3.1
    • libevent-debugsource-2.0.21-6.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • libevent-2_0-5-debuginfo-2.0.21-6.3.1
    • libevent-2_0-5-2.0.21-6.3.1
    • libevent-debugsource-2.0.21-6.3.1
  • SUSE Container as a Service Platform 2.0 (x86_64)
    • libevent-2_0-5-debuginfo-2.0.21-6.3.1
    • libevent-2_0-5-2.0.21-6.3.1
    • libevent-debugsource-2.0.21-6.3.1
  • SUSE Container as a Service Platform 1.0 (x86_64)
    • libevent-2_0-5-debuginfo-2.0.21-6.3.1
    • libevent-2_0-5-2.0.21-6.3.1
    • libevent-debugsource-2.0.21-6.3.1

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