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    CVE-2009-2905

    Heap-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.

    Published:Sep 24, 2009
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Sep 29, 2009
    EPSS Score:0.00078
    CVSS Score:4.6

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Fedorahosted
    Product
    Newt
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    References

    http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00004.html
    http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/37922
    http://secunia.com/advisories/38794
    http://secunia.com/advisories/38833
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/newt_0.52.2-10+etch1.diff.gz
    http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100067251
    http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1894
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36515
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-837-1
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=523955
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8556
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9664
    https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1463.html
    http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00004.html
    http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/37922
    http://secunia.com/advisories/38794
    http://secunia.com/advisories/38833
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/newt_0.52.2-10+etch1.diff.gz
    http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100067251
    http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1894
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36515
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-837-1
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=523955
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8556
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9664
    https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1463.html

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High