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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.66399
Category:Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:Mandriva Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:249-1 (newt)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update to newt;announced via advisory MDVSA-2009:249-1.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update to newt
announced via advisory MDVSA-2009:249-1.

Vulnerability Insight:
A vulnerability was discovered and corrected in newt:

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way newt processes
content that is to be displayed in a text dialog box. A local attacker
could issue a specially-crafted text dialog box display request
(direct or via a custom application), leading to a denial of service
(application crash) or, potentially, arbitrary code execution with the
privileges of the user running the application using the newt library
(CVE-2009-2905).

This update provides a solution to this vulnerability.

Update:

Packages for 2008.0 are being provided due to extended support for
Corporate products.

Affected: 2008.0

Solution:
To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

CVSS Score:
4.6

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-2905
36515
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36515
37922
http://secunia.com/advisories/37922
38794
http://secunia.com/advisories/38794
38833
http://secunia.com/advisories/38833
ADV-2010-0528
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528
DSA-1894
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1894
RHSA-2009:1463
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1463.html
SUSE-SR:2009:017
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00004.html
USN-837-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-837-1
[security-announce] 20100303 VMSA-2010-0004 ESX Service Console and vMA third party updates
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
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
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=523955
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8556
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8556
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9664
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9664
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