Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201006-14 (newt) by E-Soft Inc. Heap-based buffer overflow in Newt library
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 64 |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | CVE-2009-2905 | 29 Sep 200919:30 | – | cve |
![]() | 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 |
![]() | Debian DSA-1894-1 : newt - buffer overflow | 24 Feb 201000:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Fedora 10 : newt-0.52.10-2.fc10 (2009-9957) | 28 Sep 200900:00 | – | nessus |
#
# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $
# Description: Auto generated from Gentoo's XML based advisory
#
# Authors:
# Thomas Reinke <[email protected]>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2011 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com
# Text descriptions are largely excerpted from the referenced
# advisories, 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 = "A heap-based buffer overflow in the Newt library might allow remote,
user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code.";
tag_solution = "All Newt users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-libs/newt-0.52.10-r1'
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20201006-14
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=285854";
tag_summary = "The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 201006-14.";
if(description)
{
script_id(69017);
script_version("$Revision: 7019 $");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-08-29 13:51:27 +0200 (Tue, 29 Aug 2017) $");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2011-03-09 05:54:11 +0100 (Wed, 09 Mar 2011)");
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_cve_id("CVE-2009-2905");
script_name("Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201006-14 (newt)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2011 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com");
script_family("Gentoo Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/gentoo", "ssh/login/pkg");
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");
exit(0);
}
#
# The script code starts here
#
include("pkg-lib-gentoo.inc");
res = "";
report = "";
if ((res = ispkgvuln(pkg:"dev-libs/newt", unaffected: make_list("ge 0.52.10-r1"), vulnerable: make_list("lt 0.52.10-r1"))) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if (report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
exit(99); # Not vulnerable.
}
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