openSUSE alert openSUSE-SU-2015:0132-1 (libevent)

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openSUSE-SU-2015:0132-1: moderate: Security update for libevent 
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Fri, 23 Jan 2015 20:06:40 +0100 (CET)
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<20150123190640.27EE732362@maintenance.suse.de>
   openSUSE Security Update: Security update for libevent
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Announcement ID:    openSUSE-SU-2015:0132-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #897243 
Cross-References:   CVE-2014-6272
Affected Products:
                    openSUSE 13.2
                    openSUSE 13.1
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   An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:


   libevent was updated to fixed heap overflows in buffer API  (bsc#897243
   CVE-2014-6272)


Patch Instructions:

   To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - openSUSE 13.2:

      zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2015-68

   - openSUSE 13.1:

      zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2015-68

   To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List:

   - openSUSE 13.2 (i586 x86_64):

      libevent-2_0-5-2.0.21-4.4.1
      libevent-2_0-5-debuginfo-2.0.21-4.4.1
      libevent-debugsource-2.0.21-4.4.1
      libevent-devel-2.0.21-4.4.1

   - openSUSE 13.2 (x86_64):

      libevent-2_0-5-32bit-2.0.21-4.4.1
      libevent-2_0-5-debuginfo-32bit-2.0.21-4.4.1

   - openSUSE 13.1 (i586 x86_64):

      libevent-2_0-5-2.0.21-2.4.1
      libevent-2_0-5-debuginfo-2.0.21-2.4.1
      libevent-debugsource-2.0.21-2.4.1
      libevent-devel-2.0.21-2.4.1

   - openSUSE 13.1 (x86_64):

      libevent-2_0-5-32bit-2.0.21-2.4.1
      libevent-2_0-5-debuginfo-32bit-2.0.21-2.4.1


References:

   http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-6272.html
   https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=897243