Mageia alert MGASA-2014-0073 (cxxtols)

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[updates-announce] MGASA-2014-0073: Updated cxxtols package fixes security issue 
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Sun, 16 Feb 2014 14:09:36 +0100
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MGASA-2014-0073 - Updated cxxtols package fixes security issue

Publication date: 16 Feb 2014
URL: http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0073.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 4
CVE: CVE-2013-7298

Description:
A flaw in cxxtools version 2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial
of service (infinite recursion and crash) via an HTTP query that contains
%% (double percent) characters (CVE-2013-7298).

This update fixes the vulnerability.

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12691
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-7298

SRPMS:
- 4/core/cxxtools-2.2-2.1.mga4