Libevent: Dangling Pointer in `evbuffer_add_buffer_reference`
libevent · libevent
Official source article: GitHub GHSA-C2PJ-CG4R-88C8 ↗. Check the applicable product and release in the original source.
5.8MediumCVSS 4.0
Recommended action
Scheduled
Medium technical severity with no CISA KEV confirmation; remediate through the normal risk-based patch cycle unless local exposure raises the priority.
Published severityMedium→Operational priority:Low, lowered one band.downgradedsince 21 Aug 2026
Evidence used
No CISA KEV confirmation is currently recorded.
Exploitation requires an existing local or physical foothold with privileges.
EPSS is 0.16% for the current model date.
Compensating controls
Validate the affected product branch and deploy the verified fixed release.
Restrict local access and enforce least privilege on affected hosts.
Monitor vendor guidance and exploitation sources for a material change.
Verification
Confirm that the asset runs libevent libevent and falls inside the recorded affected range.
Verify the installed build against the product-specific fixed version after deployment.
Validate exposure, authentication requirements and compensating controls in the actual environment.
Reopen this reassessment when CVSS, KEV, EPSS, exploit evidence or remediation changes.
Distribution package intelligence
Release-specific package status
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5 package states
Repository candidate not checked
A published vendor fix does not prove that a matching update is enabled and installable on a particular asset. Confirm the local package candidate before scheduling remediation.
Distribution release
Source package
Vendor state
Fixed version
Evidence
Debian trixietrixie · source
libevent
Vendor fix publishedDebian records a fixed source-package version for this release.
Vendor fix publishedCanonical reports that a fixed source package version has been published. Repository candidate availability is not checked by BlackTree.
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1 current
CVE-2026-63381 · CSAF 2.0 · revision 3 · finalRed Hat Product Securitylibevent: Libevent: Memory corruption due to use-after-free
16 known affected
The vendor explicitly identifies these products as affected by this CVE.
libevent-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
libevent-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
libevent-headers as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
libevent.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
libevent2-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
libevent2-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
libevent2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
libevent-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
libevent-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
libevent.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
libevent as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
libevent-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Summary
A flaw was found in Libevent, an event notification library. A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the `evbuffer_add_buffer_reference` function when it processes an output buffer with a zero length. This can lead to a dangling pointer, which an attacker could exploit to cause memory corruption or crash the application.
Remediation
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
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Official European source
ENISA European Vulnerability Database
Official EUVD identifiers, advisory evidence and known-exploited context. Missing fields are not treated as evidence of low risk.
1 current
ENISA EUVD identifier
EUVD-2026-63504
No EUVD known-exploited evidence
Libevent is an event notification library. Prior to 2.1.13 and 2.2.2-alpha, libevent has a use-after-free in buffer.c when evbuffer_add_buffer_reference processes an output buffer whose out_total_len is zero. evbuffer_free_all_chains frees the initial empty chain without resetting outbuf->first, outbuf->last, or outbuf->last_with_datap, and APPEND_CHAIN_MULTICAST subsequently dereferences the dangling chain pointer. A caller that can drive this buffer state can cause memory corruption or a process crash. This issue is fixed in versions 2.1.13 and 2.2.2-alpha.
EUVD state
Present in the current official mapping
Known exploitation
Not present in the current ENISA EUVD known-exploited dataset. This is not proof of no exploitation.
ENISA score
5.8 · CVSS 4.0
Advisory evidence
No linked advisory details stored yet
Recommended actionScheduled
Medium technical severity with no CISA KEV confirmation; remediate through the normal risk-based patch cycle unless local exposure raises the priority.
Patch available
01
What, why and how
Libevent is an event notification library. Prior to 2.1.13 and 2.2.2-alpha, libevent has a use-after-free in buffer.c when evbuffer_add_buffer_reference processes an output buffer whose out_total_len is zero. evbuffer_free_all_chains frees the initial empty chain without resetting outbuf->first, outbuf->last, or outbuf->last_with_datap, and APPEND_CHAIN_MULTICAST subsequently dereferences the dangling chain pointer. A caller that can drive this buffer state can cause memory corruption or a process crash. This issue is fixed in versions 2.1.13 and 2.2.2-alpha.
What
Libevent is an event notification library. Prior to 2.1.13 and 2.2.2-alpha, libevent has a use-after-free in buffer.c when evbuffer_add_buffer_reference processes an output buffer whose out_total_len is zero. evbuffer_free_all_chains frees the initial empty chain without resetting outbuf->first, outbuf->last, or outbuf->last_with_datap, and APPEND_CHAIN_MULTICAST subsequently dereferences the dangling chain pointer. A caller that can drive this buffer state can cause memory corruption or a process crash. This issue is fixed in versions 2.1.13 and 2.2.2-alpha.
Why
The product uses or accesses a resource that has not been initialized.
How
An attacker operating through local access may attempt exploitation with low privileges. If successful, the issue may disrupt the affected service.
What
Libevent is an event notification library. Prior to 2.1.13 and 2.2.2-alpha, libevent has a use-after-free in buffer.c when evbuffer_add_buffer_reference processes an output buffer whose out_total_len is zero. evbuffer_free_all_chains frees the initial empty chain without resetting outbuf->first, outbuf->last, or outbuf->last_with_datap, and APPEND_CHAIN_MULTICAST subsequently dereferences the dangling chain pointer. A caller that can drive this buffer state can cause memory corruption or a process crash. This issue is fixed in versions 2.1.13 and 2.2.2-alpha.
Why
The product uses or accesses a resource that has not been initialized.
How
An attacker operating through local access may attempt exploitation with low privileges. If successful, the issue may disrupt the affected service.
02
Exploit reality and attack path
CVSS severity, EPSS forecast probability, public exploit material and CISA-confirmed exploitation are separate signals.
Observed exploitation ?Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.No confirmed evidence
No CISA KEV match was present at the last successful refresh. This means no confirmation from that source, not proof of no exploitation.
Public PoC / exploit material ?Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.None recorded
No exploit-tagged reference or CISA SSVC proof-of-concept state is currently recorded. Research may still exist outside the structured feeds.
Likely attack path
local access → Use of Uninitialized Resource → disrupt the affected service
Attack surface
Local
Privileges required
Low: a basic authenticated account is required
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low: no specialised conditions are recorded
Security boundary
Not a CVSS 4.0 base metric
Weakness ?CWE means Common Weakness Enumeration: a standard category for the underlying weakness.
Common Vulnerability Scoring System 4.0: the compact vector below is decoded into plain language.
AVLocalAttack vector: The attacker needs local access to the vulnerable system.ACLowAttack complexity: No specialised conditions are required beyond attacker-controlled input.ATPresentAttack requirements: A particular deployment or execution condition must be present.PRLowPrivileges required: The attacker needs basic user-level privileges.UINoneUser interaction: No action by another user is required.VCLowVulnerable-system confidentiality: A successful attack can cause a limited loss.VILowVulnerable-system integrity: A successful attack can cause a limited loss.VAHighVulnerable-system availability: A successful attack can cause a major loss.SCNoneSubsequent-system confidentiality: No direct loss is represented by this metric.SINoneSubsequent-system integrity: No direct loss is represented by this metric.SANoneSubsequent-system availability: No direct loss is represented by this metric.
Post-exploitation / living off the land
The issue can support a local privilege or sandbox boundary transition; normal system utilities may then be available in the gained context.
Denial of serviceCWE-908
A
Official authority intelligence
Only matched European and national findings are included. Language selectors and unavailable sources are omitted.
ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-63504Official EUVD mapping
Libevent is an event notification library. Prior to 2.1.13 and 2.2.2-alpha, libevent has a use-after-free in buffer.c when evbuffer_add_buffer_reference processes an output buffer whose out_total_len is zero. evbuffer_free_all_chains frees the initial empty chain without resetting outbuf->first, outbuf->last, or outbuf->last_with_datap, and APPEND_CHAIN_MULTICAST subsequently dereferences the dangling chain pointer. A caller that can drive this buffer state can cause memory corruption or a process crash. This issue is fixed in versions 2.1.13 and 2.2.2-alpha.
Official EUVD record ↗BSI · German · WID-SEC-2026-3419Red Hat Enterprise Linux (corosync, libevent, libsoup): Mehrere Schwachstellen
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Red Hat Enterprise Linux ausnutzen, um beliebigen Code auszuführen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, Daten zu manipulieren oder offenzulegen oder Denial-of-Service-Zustände herbeizuführen.
Official advisory ↗Cyber Security Agency of Singapore · English · CSA-SB-20260826Security Bulletin 26 Aug 2026
The Cyber Security Agency of Singapore included this CVE in its official Security Bulletin 26 Aug 2026, published on 26 August 2026. Open the linked bulletin for the product, severity and reference information published in that issue.
Official advisory ↗CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2026-AVI-1249Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware
Operational remediation based on structured source evidence.
Status ?Patch availability is based on structured fixed-version fields and authoritative update references. If no fix is verified, check the vendor advisory before making a change.
Affected versionsThe structured affected or fixed version information changed.
Before
libevent-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; libevent-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; libevent-headers as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; libevent.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; libevent2-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; libevent2-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; libevent2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; libevent-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; libevent-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; libevent.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; libevent as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; libevent-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; libevent-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; libevent.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4; openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 · Fixed: libevent-debuginfo-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libevent-debuginfo-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libevent-debuginfo-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libevent-debuginfo-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libevent-devel-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libevent-devel-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libevent-devel-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libevent-devel-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libevent-doc-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libevent-debuginfo-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-debuginfo-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-debuginfo-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-debuginfo-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-debuginfo-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-devel-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-devel-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-devel-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-devel-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-devel-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-doc-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10); and 37 more
After
libevent-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; libevent-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; libevent-headers as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; libevent.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; libevent2-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; libevent2-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; libevent2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; libevent-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; libevent-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; libevent.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; libevent as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; libevent-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; libevent-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; libevent.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4; openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 · Fixed: libevent-debuginfo-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libevent-debuginfo-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libevent-debuginfo-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libevent-debuginfo-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libevent-devel-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libevent-devel-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libevent-devel-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libevent-devel-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libevent-doc-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libevent-debuginfo-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-debuginfo-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-debuginfo-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-debuginfo-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-debuginfo-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-devel-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-devel-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-devel-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-devel-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-devel-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-doc-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10); and 65 more
Affected versionsThe structured affected or fixed version information changed.
Before
libevent-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; libevent-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; libevent-headers as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; libevent.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; libevent2-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; libevent2-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; libevent2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; libevent-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; libevent-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; libevent.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; libevent as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; libevent-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; libevent-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; libevent.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4; openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 · Fixed: libevent-debuginfo-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libevent-debuginfo-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libevent-debuginfo-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libevent-debuginfo-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libevent-devel-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libevent-devel-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libevent-devel-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libevent-devel-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libevent-doc-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libevent-debuginfo-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-debuginfo-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-debuginfo-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-debuginfo-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-debuginfo-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-devel-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-devel-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-devel-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-devel-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-devel-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-doc-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10); and 32 more
After
libevent-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; libevent-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; libevent-headers as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; libevent.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; libevent2-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; libevent2-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; libevent2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; libevent-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; libevent-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; libevent.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; libevent as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; libevent-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; libevent-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; libevent.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4; openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 · Fixed: libevent-debuginfo-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libevent-debuginfo-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libevent-debuginfo-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libevent-debuginfo-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libevent-devel-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libevent-devel-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libevent-devel-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libevent-devel-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libevent-doc-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libevent-debuginfo-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-debuginfo-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-debuginfo-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-debuginfo-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-debuginfo-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-devel-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-devel-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-devel-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-devel-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-devel-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-doc-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10); and 37 more
Affected versionsThe structured affected or fixed version information changed.
Before
>= 2.2.0-alpha, < 2.2.2-alpha; < 2.1.13 · Fixed: No fixed version is explicitly recorded in the structured CVE data.
After
>= 2.2.0-alpha, < 2.2.2-alpha; < 2.1.13 · Fixed: For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
Affected versionsThe structured affected or fixed version information changed.
Before
libevent-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; libevent-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; libevent.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; libevent-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; libevent-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; libevent-headers as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; libevent.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; libevent2-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; libevent2-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; libevent2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; libevent-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; libevent-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; libevent.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; libevent-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; libevent-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; libevent.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; libevent-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9; libevent-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9; libevent.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9; openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4; openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 · Fixed: libevent-main@aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images; libevent-main@noarch as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images; libevent-main@src as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images; libevent-main@x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images
After
libevent-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; libevent-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; libevent-headers as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; libevent.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; libevent2-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; libevent2-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; libevent2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; libevent-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; libevent-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; libevent.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; libevent as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; libevent-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; libevent-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; libevent.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4; openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 · Fixed: libevent-debuginfo-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libevent-debuginfo-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libevent-debuginfo-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libevent-debuginfo-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libevent-devel-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libevent-devel-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libevent-devel-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libevent-devel-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libevent-doc-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10); libevent-debuginfo-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-debuginfo-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-debuginfo-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-debuginfo-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-debuginfo-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-devel-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-devel-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-devel-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-devel-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-devel-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-doc-0:2.1.13-1.el9_8.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9); libevent-0:2.1.13-1.el10_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10); and 32 more
Affected versionsThe structured affected or fixed version information changed.
Before
libevent-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; libevent-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; libevent.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; libevent-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; libevent-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; libevent-headers as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; libevent.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; libevent2-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; libevent2-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; libevent2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; libevent-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; libevent-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; libevent.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; libevent-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; libevent-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; libevent.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; libevent-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9; libevent-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9; libevent.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9; libevent.src as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images; openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4; openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
After
libevent-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; libevent-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; libevent.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; libevent-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; libevent-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; libevent-headers as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; libevent.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; libevent2-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; libevent2-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; libevent2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; libevent-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; libevent-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; libevent.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; libevent-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; libevent-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; libevent.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; libevent-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9; libevent-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9; libevent.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9; openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4; openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 · Fixed: libevent-main@aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images; libevent-main@noarch as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images; libevent-main@src as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images; libevent-main@x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Hardened Images
Technical terms and abbreviations used in this report
CVE
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures: the public identifier for one disclosed vulnerability.
CVSS
Common Vulnerability Scoring System: a technical severity framework; it is not patching priority by itself.
EPSS
Exploit Prediction Scoring System: FIRST's estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days; it is a forecast, not confirmation.
CWE
Common Weakness Enumeration: the standard category describing the underlying software or hardware weakness.
CNA
CVE Numbering Authority: an organisation authorised to assign and publish CVE records.
CISA ADP
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Authorized Data Publisher: structured enrichment added to a CVE record.
NVD
National Vulnerability Database: NIST's enrichment service for CVE records.
CERT / CSIRT
A computer security incident response team that publishes warnings or coordinates incident response.
PoC
Proof of concept: public material that demonstrates or helps reproduce exploitation.
CSAF
Common Security Advisory Framework: a machine-readable format for security advisories.
LoTL
Living off the land: abuse of legitimate tools or system functions during an attack.