Denial of Service in libevent
ID: | USN-2477-1 |
Distribution: | Ubuntu |
Plattformen: | Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 14.10 |
Datum: | Di, 20. Januar 2015, 08:19 |
Referenzen: | http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-6272 |
Applikationen: | libevent |
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