CVE-2009-2905

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    CVE-2009-2905

    Published: 29 Sept 2009Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/37922, http://secunia.com/advisories/38794, http://secunia.com/advisories/38833, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-837-1, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528, https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1463.html, http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/newt_0.52.2-10+etch1.diff.gz, http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1894, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=523955, 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://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100067251, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36515, 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

    Affected packages

    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
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