Bug 625866 (CVE-2010-2947)

Summary: CVE-2010-2947 libHX: buffer overrun in HX_split()
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Vincent Danen <vdanen>
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Description Vincent Danen 2010-08-20 16:32:07 UTC
A flaw in libHX was fixed [1].  When HX_split() is caled with a maximum number of desired fields (the fourth argument is not 0), passing in a string that has less fields than that led to a buffer overrun (write beyond end of malloc'd area).  This can lead to a remote denial of service on any network services that use libHX.

This flaw affects all versions of libHX up to and including version 3.5.

[1] http://libhx.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=libhx/libhx;a=commitdiff;h=904a46f90dd3f046bfac0b64a5e813d7cd4fca59

Comment 1 Vincent Danen 2010-08-20 16:33:22 UTC
Created libHX tracking bugs for this issue

Affects: fedora-all [bug 625867]

Comment 2 Vincent Danen 2010-08-20 18:09:45 UTC
This has been assigned the name CVE-2010-2947.

Comment 3 Till Maas 2011-07-19 22:49:15 UTC
Does this bug need to be open any longer?

Comment 4 Vincent Danen 2011-07-20 04:09:43 UTC
No, the dependencies are satisfied (as this has been fixed in Fedora).  Thanks for the reminder.  Closing.