CVE-2010-2947 Information

Description

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.

Reference

http://libhx.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=libhx/libhx;a=commit;h=904a46f90dd3f046bfac0b64a5e813d7cd4fca59 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00006.html http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:165 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/20/12 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/20/5 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42592 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2232 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625866