CVE-2009-2905

Heap-based buffer overflow in textbox.c in newt 0.51.5, 0.51.6, and 0.52.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a request to display a crafted text dialog box.
References
Link Resource
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00004.html
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/37922
http://secunia.com/advisories/38794
http://secunia.com/advisories/38833
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/newt_0.52.2-10+etch1.diff.gz Patch
http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100067251
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1894 Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36515
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-837-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=523955
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8556
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9664
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1463.html
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00004.html
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/37922
http://secunia.com/advisories/38794
http://secunia.com/advisories/38833
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/newt_0.52.2-10+etch1.diff.gz Patch
http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100067251
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1894 Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36515
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-837-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=523955
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8556
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9664
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1463.html
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:fedorahosted:newt:0.51.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fedorahosted:newt:0.51.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fedorahosted:newt:0.52.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 01:06

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705 - () http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705 -
References () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00004.html - () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00004.html -
References () http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html - () http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html -
References () http://secunia.com/advisories/37922 - () http://secunia.com/advisories/37922 -
References () http://secunia.com/advisories/38794 - () http://secunia.com/advisories/38794 -
References () http://secunia.com/advisories/38833 - () http://secunia.com/advisories/38833 -
References () http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/newt_0.52.2-10+etch1.diff.gz - Patch () http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/newt_0.52.2-10+etch1.diff.gz - Patch
References () http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100067251 - () http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100067251 -
References () http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1894 - Patch () http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1894 - Patch
References () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36515 - () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36515 -
References () http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-837-1 - () http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-837-1 -
References () http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528 - () http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528 -
References () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=523955 - () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=523955 -
References () https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8556 - () https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8556 -
References () https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9664 - () https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9664 -
References () https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1463.html - () https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1463.html -

Information

Published : 2009-09-29 19:30

Updated : 2024-11-21 01:06


NVD link : CVE-2009-2905

Mitre link : CVE-2009-2905

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2009-2905


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Products Affected

fedorahosted

  • newt
CWE
CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer