Wednesday, October 27, 2010

libsmi: Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Users of libsmi please be advised of a Buffer Overflow vulnerability that has been identified.

To view this vulnerability, possible remedies, and others please check out the Security Advisories at Critical Watch (http://criticalwatch.com/support/security-advisories.aspx)

Amplify’d from www.criticalwatch.com
MDVSA-2010:209: [MDVSA-2010:209] libsmi - Buffer Overflow Issue
Problem Description:



A buffer overflow was discovered in libsmi when long OID was given

in numerical form. This could lead to arbitraty code execution

(CVE-2010-2891).Read more at www.criticalwatch.com
 

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