Fedora Core 11 FEDORA-2009-9961 (newt) Update Information: Fixes a buffer overflow in textbox, which could be exploited to execute arbitrary code
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 64 |
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![]() | newt security update | 25 Sep 200908:12 | – | centos |
![]() | CentOS 3 / 4 / 5 : newt (CESA-2009:1463) | 28 Sep 200900:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : newt (MDVSA-2009:249-1) | 28 Sep 200900:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Fedora 11 : newt-0.52.10-4.fc11 (2009-9961) | 28 Sep 200900:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | openSUSE Security Update : libnewt0_52 (libnewt0_52-1331) | 22 Oct 200900:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | openSUSE 10 Security Update : libnewt0_52 (libnewt0_52-6504) | 30 Oct 200900:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 8.04 LTS / 8.10 / 9.04 : newt vulnerability (USN-837-1) | 25 Sep 200900:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | GLSA-201006-14 : Newt: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code | 3 Jun 201000:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | RHEL 3 / 4 / 5 : newt (RHSA-2009:1463) | 25 Sep 200900:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | openSUSE Security Update : libnewt0_52 (libnewt0_52-1331) | 22 Oct 200900:00 | – | nessus |
Source | Link |
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bugzilla | www.bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi |
# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: fcore_2009_9961.nasl 6624 2017-07-10 06:11:55Z cfischer $
# Description: Auto-generated from advisory FEDORA-2009-9961 (newt)
#
# Authors:
# Thomas Reinke <[email protected]>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2009 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com
# Text descriptions are largely excerpted from the referenced
# advisory, and are Copyright (c) the respective author(s)
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2,
# or at your option, GNU General Public License version 3,
# as published by the Free Software Foundation
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
#
include("revisions-lib.inc");
tag_insight = "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)";
tag_solution = "Apply the appropriate updates.
This update can be installed with the yum update program. Use
su -c 'yum update newt' at the command line.
For more information, refer to Managing Software with yum,
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FEDORA-2009-9961";
tag_summary = "The remote host is missing an update to newt
announced via advisory FEDORA-2009-9961.";
if(description)
{
script_id(64975);
script_version("$Revision: 6624 $");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-07-10 08:11:55 +0200 (Mon, 10 Jul 2017) $");
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. http://www.securityspace.com");
script_family("Fedora Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/fedora", "ssh/login/rpms");
script_tag(name : "insight" , value : tag_insight);
script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
script_tag(name : "summary" , value : tag_summary);
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);
}
#
# The script code starts here
#
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); # Not vulnerable.
}
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