Bug 625866 (CVE-2010-2947) - CVE-2010-2947 libHX: buffer overrun in HX_split()
Summary: CVE-2010-2947 libHX: buffer overrun in HX_split()
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2010-2947
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 625867
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2010-08-20 16:32 UTC by Vincent Danen
Modified: 2019-09-29 12:38 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2011-07-20 04:09:43 UTC
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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.
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