Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | libHX vulnerability |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-994-1 | First vendor Publication | 2010-09-29 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2010-09-29 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | N/A |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
| Calculate full CVSS 3.0 Vectors scores | |||
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 10 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 10 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 10 | Authentication | None Required |
| Calculate full CVSS 2.0 Vectors scores | |||
Detail
| A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: Ubuntu 9.04: Ubuntu 9.10: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. Details follow: It was discovered that libHX incorrectly handled certain parameters to the HX_split function. An attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user. The default compiler options for affected releases should reduce the vulnerability to a denial of service. |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-994-1 |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
|---|---|
| 2016-04-27 00:37:53 |
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| 2014-02-17 12:07:06 |
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| 2013-05-11 00:56:31 |
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