Secunia Security Advisory - SUSE has issued an update for namazu. This fixes two vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks and compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
SUSE update for namazu
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA47264
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2011-12-16
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DESCRIPTION:
SUSE has issued an update for namazu. This fixes two vulnerabilities,
which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site
scripting attacks and compromise a vulnerable system.
For more information:
SA46925
1) The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the
"replace_field()" function (result.c) when parsing the "uri" field,
which can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow execution of
arbitrary code.
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages via the zypper package manager.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
1) Reported by the vendor.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
SUSE-SU-2011:1326-1:
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/12940021
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