RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:1463

# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: RHSA_2009_1463.nasl 6683 2017-07-12 09:41:57Z cfischer $
# Description: Auto-generated from advisory RHSA-2009:1463 ()
#
# Authors:
# Thomas Reinke <[email protected]>
#
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# Text descriptions are largely excerpted from the referenced
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include("revisions-lib.inc");
tag_summary = "The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory RHSA-2009:1463.

Newt is a programming library for color text mode, widget-based user
interfaces. Newt can be used to add stacked windows, entry widgets,
checkboxes, radio buttons, labels, plain text fields, scrollbars, and so
on, to text mode user interfaces.

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way newt processes
content that is to be displayed in a text dialog box. A local attacker
could issue a specially-crafted text dialog box display request (direct or
via a custom application), leading to a denial of service (application
crash) or, potentially, arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the
user running the application using the newt library. (CVE-2009-2905)

Users of newt should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a
backported patch to correct this issue. After installing the updated
packages, all applications using the newt library must be restarted for the
update to take effect.";

tag_solution = "Please note that this update is available via
Red Hat Network.  To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red
Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date";



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 script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2009 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com");
 script_family("Red Hat Local Security Checks");
 script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
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#
# The script code starts here
#

include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");

res = "";
report = "";
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"newt", rpm:"newt~0.51.5~2.el3", rls:"RHENT_3")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"newt-debuginfo", rpm:"newt-debuginfo~0.51.5~2.el3", rls:"RHENT_3")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"newt-devel", rpm:"newt-devel~0.51.5~2.el3", rls:"RHENT_3")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"newt", rpm:"newt~0.51.6~10.el4_8.1", rls:"RHENT_4")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"newt-debuginfo", rpm:"newt-debuginfo~0.51.6~10.el4_8.1", rls:"RHENT_4")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"newt-devel", rpm:"newt-devel~0.51.6~10.el4_8.1", rls:"RHENT_4")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"newt", rpm:"newt~0.52.2~12.el5_4.1", rls:"RHENT_5")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"newt-debuginfo", rpm:"newt-debuginfo~0.52.2~12.el5_4.1", rls:"RHENT_5")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"newt-devel", rpm:"newt-devel~0.52.2~12.el5_4.1", rls:"RHENT_5")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}

if (report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
    exit(99); # Not vulnerable.
}