Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
Multiple vulnerabilities has been found and corrected in MHonArc:
MHonArc 2.6.16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via start tags that are placed within other start tags, as demonstrated by a &
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a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-4524 (CVE-2010-1677).
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in lib/mhtxthtml.pl in MHonArc 2.6.16 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a malformed start tag and end tag for a SCRIPT element, as demonstrated by &
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sequences
(CVE-2010-4524).
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The updated packages have been upgraded to the latest version (2.6.18) which is not vulnerable to these issues.
Affected
MHonArc on Mandriva Linux 2009.0,
Mandriva Linux 2009.0/X86_64,
Mandriva Linux 2010.0,
Mandriva Linux 2010.0/X86_64,
Mandriva Linux 2010.1,
Mandriva Linux 2010.1/X86_64,
Mandriva Enterprise Server 5,
Mandriva Enterprise Server 5/X86_64
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2010-1677, CVE-2010-4524 -
CVSS Base Score: 5.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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