Libevent: Off-by-one stack buffer overflow in dnsname_to_labels via crafted DNS server response
libevent · libevent
Official source article: GitHub GHSA-58RX-7448-JW47 ↗. Check the applicable product and release in the original source.
7.0HighCVSS 3.1
Recommended action
Within 7 days
High technical severity with public exploit material referenced by a structured source; prioritise exposed affected systems while verifying vendor guidance.
Published severityHigh→Operational priority:Critical, raised one band.upgradedsince 25 Aug 2026
Evidence used
No CISA KEV confirmation is currently recorded.
A structured source references public exploit or proof-of-concept material.
The selected CVSS metric records a network-reachable, unauthenticated path with no user interaction.
EPSS is 0.42% for the current model date.
Compensating controls
Validate the affected product branch and deploy the verified fixed release.
Restrict the affected network interface to trusted sources where business-safe.
Increase monitoring for the attack path and post-exploitation behaviour described in the report.
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
Debian, ubuntu findings are scoped to the named distribution, release and source package. An absent finding does not mean a package is unaffected.
5 package states
Repository candidate not checked
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Source package
Vendor state
Fixed version
Evidence
Debian trixietrixie · source
libevent
Vendor fix publishedDebian records a fixed source-package version for this release.
Structured product status and remediation from the issuing vendor. Product-state explanations are always visible; large lists can be searched or downloaded.
1 current
CVE-2026-63387 · CSAF 2.0 · revision 3 · finalRed Hat Product Securitylibevent: Libevent: Off-by-one stack buffer overflow leading to denial of service or data corruption
12 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
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
Summary
A flaw was found in Libevent, an event notification library. An off-by-one stack buffer overflow exists in the `dnsname_to_labels` function when processing a name-bearing DNS record. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted DNS server response, which may lead to a crash or corruption of the process, resulting in a denial of service or potential information disclosure and integrity impact.
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-2026-63508
No EUVD known-exploited evidence
Libevent is an event notification library. Prior to 2.1.13 and 2.2.2-alpha, libevent has an off-by-one stack buffer overflow in evdns.c when dnsname_to_labels formats a name-bearing DNS record at the end of the 64 KB stack buffer allocated by evdns_server_request_format_response. The final-label check permits j plus label_len plus one to equal buf_len, after which the terminating null byte is written to buf[buf_len]. A crafted DNS server response containing PTR, CNAME, MX, NS, or SOA data can trigger the one-byte out-of-bounds write and crash or corrupt the process. 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
7.0 · CVSS 3.1
Advisory evidence
No linked advisory details stored yet
Recommended actionWithin 7 days
High technical severity with public exploit material referenced by a structured source; prioritise exposed affected systems while verifying vendor guidance.
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 an off-by-one stack buffer overflow in evdns.c when dnsname_to_labels formats a name-bearing DNS record at the end of the 64 KB stack buffer allocated by evdns_server_request_format_response. The final-label check permits j plus label_len plus one to equal buf_len, after which the terminating null byte is written to buf[buf_len]. A crafted DNS server response containing PTR, CNAME, MX, NS, or SOA data can trigger the one-byte out-of-bounds write and crash or corrupt the process. 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 an off-by-one stack buffer overflow in evdns.c when dnsname_to_labels formats a name-bearing DNS record at the end of the 64 KB stack buffer allocated by evdns_server_request_format_response. The final-label check permits j plus label_len plus one to equal buf_len, after which the terminating null byte is written to buf[buf_len]. A crafted DNS server response containing PTR, CNAME, MX, NS, or SOA data can trigger the one-byte out-of-bounds write and crash or corrupt the process. This issue is fixed in versions 2.1.13 and 2.2.2-alpha.
Why
A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function).
How
An attacker operating through a network path may attempt exploitation without authentication or user interaction. 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 an off-by-one stack buffer overflow in evdns.c when dnsname_to_labels formats a name-bearing DNS record at the end of the 64 KB stack buffer allocated by evdns_server_request_format_response. The final-label check permits j plus label_len plus one to equal buf_len, after which the terminating null byte is written to buf[buf_len]. A crafted DNS server response containing PTR, CNAME, MX, NS, or SOA data can trigger the one-byte out-of-bounds write and crash or corrupt the process. This issue is fixed in versions 2.1.13 and 2.2.2-alpha.
Why
A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function).
How
An attacker operating through a network path may attempt exploitation without authentication or user interaction. 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.Reference recorded
CISA Vulnrichment records proof-of-concept exploitation in its SSVC data. BlackTree has not independently executed or validated exploit material.
Likely attack path
a network path → Stack-based Buffer Overflow → disrupt the affected service
Attack surface
Network
Privileges required
None: unauthenticated exploitation is possible
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High: exploitation depends on specific conditions
Security boundary
Unchanged: impact remains within the vulnerable component's security authority
Weakness ?CWE means Common Weakness Enumeration: a standard category for the underlying weakness.
CWE-121: Stack-based Buffer Overflow. A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function).
CVSS vector ?CVSS means Common Vulnerability Scoring System. The vector records the metric values used to calculate technical severity.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
Common Vulnerability Scoring System 3.1: the compact vector below is decoded into plain language.
AVNetworkAttack vector: The vulnerable component can be reached over a network.ACHighAttack complexity: Successful exploitation depends on specific conditions outside the attacker's direct control.PRNonePrivileges required: The attacker does not need an account or existing privileges.UINoneUser interaction: No action by another user is required.SUnchangedScope: The security impact remains within the vulnerable component's authority.CLowConfidentiality impact: A successful attack can cause a limited loss.ILowIntegrity impact: A successful attack can cause a limited loss.AHighAvailability impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.
Post-exploitation / living off the land
No specific living-off-the-land technique is confirmed in the structured sources. Monitor normal administration tools for activity inconsistent with the affected service's baseline.
NetworkUnauthenticatedDenial of serviceCWE-121Public exploit reference
A
Official authority intelligence
Only matched European and national findings are included. Language selectors and unavailable sources are omitted.
ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-63508Official EUVD mapping
Libevent is an event notification library. Prior to 2.1.13 and 2.2.2-alpha, libevent has an off-by-one stack buffer overflow in evdns.c when dnsname_to_labels formats a name-bearing DNS record at the end of the 64 KB stack buffer allocated by evdns_server_request_format_response. The final-label check permits j plus label_len plus one to equal buf_len, after which the terminating null byte is written to buf[buf_len]. A crafted DNS server response containing PTR, CNAME, MX, NS, or SOA data can trigger the one-byte out-of-bounds write and crash or corrupt the process. 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.
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
Workaround
No verified workaround is recorded. If business-safe, reduce exposure to the affected interface and allow only trusted sources until authoritative guidance is available.
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Evidence and provenance
Published 20 Aug 2026 · Last source change 25 Aug 2026, 15:12 UTC · CWE-121 · Stack-based Buffer Overflow
CVE recordCVE.org · 5.2
CVSS sourceCNA
EPSS source ?The date BlackTree first stored a score for this CVE from the daily FIRST EPSS feed.FIRST · tracked since 2026-08-23
European sourceENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-63508
Product sourceVendor CSAF · Red Hat Product Security
Remediation sourceVendor CSAF · Red Hat Product Security
CWE sourceCNA
NVD statusNVD awaiting enrichment
Core structured fields are present and their contributing authorities are shown above.
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; 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-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-debuginfo-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-debuginfo-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-debuginfo-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-debuginfo-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-devel-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-devel-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-devel-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-devel-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-devel-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); 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); and 69 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; 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-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-debuginfo-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-debuginfo-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-debuginfo-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-debuginfo-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-devel-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-devel-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-devel-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-devel-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-devel-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); 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); and 97 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; 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-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-debuginfo-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-debuginfo-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-debuginfo-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-debuginfo-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-devel-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-devel-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-devel-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-devel-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-devel-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); 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); and 64 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; 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-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-debuginfo-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-debuginfo-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-debuginfo-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-debuginfo-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-devel-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-devel-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-devel-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-devel-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-devel-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); 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); and 69 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; 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-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-debuginfo-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-debuginfo-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-debuginfo-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-debuginfo-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-debugsource-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-devel-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-devel-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-devel-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-devel-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); libevent-devel-0:2.1.8-11.el8_10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); 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); and 64 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.
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