Re: CVE Request: heap-based buffer overflow in libHX

[Josh Bressers <bressers () redhat com>]

Please use CVE-2010-2947

Thanks.

-- 
    JB


----- "Thomas Biege" <thomas () suse de> wrote:

> http://libhx.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=libhx/libhx;a=commitdiff;h=904a46f90dd3f046bfac0b64a5e813d7cd4fca59
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> string: fixed buffer overflow in HX_split when too few fields are
> present
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> Jan Engelhardt [Mon, 16 Aug 2010 17:08:51 +0000 (19:08 +0200)]
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> When HX_split is called with a maximum number of desired fields (4th
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> argument != 0), passing in a string that has less fields than that
> led
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> to a buffer overrun (write beyond end of malloc'd area).
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> CVSS Base Score: 10
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> - Impact Subscore: 10
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> - Exploitability Subscore: 10
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> CVSS Temporal Score: 7.4
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> CVSS Environmental Score: Undefined
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> Overall CVSS Score: 7.4
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> CVSS Base vector:: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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> - AV: libHX may be used by network services
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> - Au: some services may not require authentication
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> - A: can cause crash when result is freed
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> CVSS Temporal vectors:: RL:O/RC:C
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> Affects all versions prior to, and including, 3.5.
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> -- 
>  Thomas Biege <thomas () suse de>, SUSE LINUX, Security Support &
> Auditing
>  SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nuernberg)