CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
10.1%
The remote host is missing an update to newt
announced via advisory FEDORA-2009-9961.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2009 E-Soft Inc.
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only OR GPL-3.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.64975");
script_version("2023-07-18T05:05:36+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-18 05:05:36 +0000 (Tue, 18 Jul 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-09-28 19:09:13 +0200 (Mon, 28 Sep 2009)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2009-2905");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.6");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_name("Fedora Core 11 FEDORA-2009-9961 (newt)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 E-Soft Inc.");
script_family("Fedora Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/fedora", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=FC11");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Update Information:
Fixes a buffer overflow in textbox, which could be exploited to execute
arbitrary code.
ChangeLog:
* Thu Sep 24 2009 Miroslav Lichvar - 0.52.10-4
- fix buffer overflow in textbox when reflowing (#523955, CVE-2009-2905)");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Apply the appropriate updates.
This update can be installed with the yum update program. Use
su -c 'yum update newt' at the command line.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FEDORA-2009-9961");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update to newt
announced via advisory FEDORA-2009-9961.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=523955");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");
res = "";
report = "";
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"newt", rpm:"newt~0.52.10~4.fc11", rls:"FC11")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"newt-devel", rpm:"newt-devel~0.52.10~4.fc11", rls:"FC11")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"newt-python", rpm:"newt-python~0.52.10~4.fc11", rls:"FC11")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"newt-static", rpm:"newt-static~0.52.10~4.fc11", rls:"FC11")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"newt-debuginfo", rpm:"newt-debuginfo~0.52.10~4.fc11", rls:"FC11")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if (report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}