CVE-2009-2905 | BDVDB-2026-38726 Detail
Description#
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.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38794
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1894
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=523955
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1463.html
- http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100067251
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36515
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/newt_0.52.2-10+etch1.diff.gz
- 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
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37922
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-837-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38833
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00004.html
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.