Ubuntu USN-837-1 (newt)

The remote host is missing an update to newt announced via advisory USN-837-1. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: ubuntu8371.nasl 8616 2018-02-01 08:24:13Z cfischer $ $Id: ubuntu8371.nasl 8616 2018-02-01 08:24:13Z cfischer $ Description: Auto-generated from advisory USN-837-1 newt Authors: Thomas...

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 8.04 LTS / 8.10 / 9.04 : newt vulnerability (USN-837-1)

Miroslav Lichvar discovered that Newt incorrectly handled rendering in a text box. An attacker could exploit this and cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding...