Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
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.
Affected
libHX on Mandriva Linux 2009.0,
Mandriva Linux 2009.0/X86_64,
Mandriva Linux 2009.1,
Mandriva Linux 2009.1/X86_64,
Mandriva Linux 2010.0,
Mandriva Linux 2010.0/X86_64
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2010-2947 -
CVSS Base Score: 10.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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