CVE-2009-2905

Summary

CVECVE-2009-2905
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-09-29 19:30:00 UTC
Updated2017-09-19 01:29:00 UTC
DescriptionHeap-based buffer overflow in textbox.c in newt 0.51.5, 0.51.6, and 0.52.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a request to display a crafted text dialog box.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Fedorahosted Newt 0.51.5 All All All
Application Fedorahosted Newt 0.51.6 All All All
Application Fedorahosted Newt 0.52.2 All All All
Application Fedorahosted Newt 0.51.5 All All All
Application Fedorahosted Newt 0.51.6 All All All
Application Fedorahosted Newt 0.52.2 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
VMware ESX Server 4 update for newt, nfs-utils, and glib2 - Advisories - Community SECUNIA secunia.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
USN-837-1: Newt vulnerability | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
Avaya Products Two Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
VMware vMA Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Community SECUNIA secunia.com
523955 – (CVE-2009-2905) CVE-2009-2905 newt: heap-overflow in textbox when text reflowing CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
access.redhat.com REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
Newt Text Box Content Processing Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
[Security-announce] VMSA-2010-0004 ESX Service Console and vMA third party updates MLIST lists.vmware.com
404 Not Found CONFIRM security.debian.org Patch
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1894-1 newt DEBIAN www.debian.org Patch
Juniper Networks - 2015-10 Security Bulletin: CTPView: Multiple Vulnerabilities in CTPView CONFIRM kb.juniper.net
ASA-2009-476 (RHSA-2009-1463) CONFIRM support.avaya.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2009:017 SUSE lists.opensuse.org
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