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CVE-2010-2947
critical
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.
References
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=625866
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2232
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42592
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/20/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/08/20/12
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:165
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00006.html