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Red Hat: RHSA-2009-1463-01 Moderate: Newt Buffer Overflow Threat

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Calendar Grey September 24, 2009
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Ubuntu released a critical update for bcrypt addressing a severe vulnerability that may result in unauthorized access to sensitive data.
Updated newt packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at

Summary

Newt is a programming library for color text mode, widget-based user interfaces. Newt can be used to add stacked windows, entry widgets, checkboxes, radio buttons, labels, plain text fields, scrollbars, and so on, to text mode user interfaces.
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)
Users of newt should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. After installing the updated packages, all applications using the newt library must be restarted for the update to take effect.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security update Red Hat buffer overflow application crash newt

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-2905 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3:
Source:
i386: newt-0.51.5-2.el3.i386.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.51.5-2.el3.i386.rpm newt-devel-0.51.5-2.el3.i386.rpm
ia64: newt-0.51.5-2.el3.i386.rpm newt-0.51.5-2.el3.ia64.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.51.5-2.el3.i386.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.51.5-2.el3.ia64.rpm newt-devel-0.51.5-2.el3.ia64.rpm
ppc: newt-0.51.5-2.el3.ppc.rpm newt-0.51.5-2.el3.ppc64.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.51.5-2.el3.ppc.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.51.5-2.el3.ppc64.rpm newt-devel-0.51.5-2.el3.ppc.rpm
s390: newt-0.51.5-2.el3.s390.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.51.5-2.el3.s390.rpm newt-devel-0.51.5-2.el3.s390.rpm
s390x: newt-0.51.5-2.el3.s390.rpm newt-0.51.5-2.el3.s390x.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.51.5-2.el3.s390.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.51.5-2.el3.s390x.rpm newt-devel-0.51.5-2.el3.s390x.rpm
x86_64: newt-0.51.5-2.el3.i386.rpm newt-0.51.5-2.el3.x86_64.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.51.5-2.el3.i386.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.51.5-2.el3.x86_64.rpm newt-devel-0.51.5-2.el3.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Desktop version 3:
Source:
i386: newt-0.51.5-2.el3.i386.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.51.5-2.el3.i386.rpm newt-devel-0.51.5-2.el3.i386.rpm
x86_64: newt-0.51.5-2.el3.i386.rpm newt-0.51.5-2.el3.x86_64.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.51.5-2.el3.i386.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.51.5-2.el3.x86_64.rpm newt-devel-0.51.5-2.el3.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3:


Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2009:1463-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:1463.html
Issue date: 2009-09-24

Topic

Updated newt packages that fix one security issue are now available for RedHat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5.This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the RedHat Security Response Team.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security update Red Hat buffer overflow application crash newt

Relevant Releases Architectures

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Desktop version 3 - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

523955 - CVE-2009-2905 newt: heap-overflow in textbox when text reflowing

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