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libsmi: arbitrary code execution

Package(s):libsmi CVE #(s):CVE-2010-2891
Created:October 22, 2010 Updated:January 25, 2011
Description: From the Mandriva advisory:

A buffer overflow was discovered in libsmi when long OID was given in numerical form. This could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Alerts:
Debian DSA-2145-1 2011-01-16
SUSE SUSE-SR:2011:001 2011-01-11
SUSE SUSE-SR:2011:002 2011-01-25
openSUSE openSUSE-SU-2011:0011-1 2011-01-04
Fedora FEDORA-2010-17104 2010-11-02
Fedora FEDORA-2010-17096 2010-11-02
Fedora FEDORA-2010-17126 2010-11-02
Mandriva MDVSA-2010:209 2010-10-22
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