Executive Summary
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | MDVSA-2010:165 | First vendor Publication | 2010-08-30 |
| Vendor | Mandriva | Last vendor Modification | 2010-08-30 |
| 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 | ||
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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 |
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Detail
| A vulnerability has been found and corrected in libHX: Heap-based buffer overflow in the HX_split function in string.c in libHX before 3.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a string that is inconsistent with the expected number of fields (CVE-2010-2947). The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue. |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:165 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-119 | Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12691 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12691 | ||
| Title: | USN-994-1 -- libhx vulnerability | ||
| Description: | 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. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | USN-994-1 CVE-2010-2947 | Version: | 5 |
| Platform(s): | Ubuntu 8.04 Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu 9.04 Ubuntu 9.10 | Product(s): | libhx |
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CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2010-12-02 | Name : Fedora Update for libHX FEDORA-2010-12950 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2010_12950_libHX_fc14.nasl |
| 2010-12-02 | Name : Fedora Update for pam_mount FEDORA-2010-12950 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2010_12950_pam_mount_fc14.nasl |
| 2010-10-01 | Name : Ubuntu Update for libhx vulnerability USN-994-1 File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_994_1.nasl |
| 2010-09-07 | Name : Fedora Update for libHX FEDORA-2010-13127 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2010_13127_libHX_fc13.nasl |
| 2010-09-07 | Name : Fedora Update for pam_mount FEDORA-2010-13127 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2010_13127_pam_mount_fc13.nasl |
| 2010-09-07 | Name : Fedora Update for libHX FEDORA-2010-13155 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2010_13155_libHX_fc12.nasl |
| 2010-09-07 | Name : Fedora Update for pam_mount FEDORA-2010-13155 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2010_13155_pam_mount_fc12.nasl |
| 2010-09-07 | Name : Mandriva Update for libHX MDVSA-2010:165 (libHX) File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2010_165.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 67370 | libHX string.c HX_split Function Overflow |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2014-06-13 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_11_3_libHX22-100823.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2010-12-02 | Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates. File : suse_11_libHX13-100823.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2010-10-29 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates. File : fedora_2010-12950.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2010-10-14 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_11_1_libHX13-100823.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2010-10-14 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_11_2_libHX18-100823.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2010-10-06 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-994-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2010-09-04 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates. File : fedora_2010-13127.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2010-09-04 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates. File : fedora_2010-13155.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2010-08-31 | Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandriva_MDVSA-2010-165.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
|---|---|
| 2014-02-17 11:41:40 |
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