Scientific Linux: CVE-2009-2905 Moderate: Newt Application Crash

Date:         Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:52:57 -0500
Reply-To:     Troy Dawson 
Sender:       Security Errata for Scientific Linux
              
From:         Troy Dawson 
Subject:      Security ERRATA Moderate: newt on SL3.x, SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis:	Moderate: newt security update
Issue date:	2009-09-24
CVE Names:	CVE-2009-2905

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

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)

After installing the updated packages, all applications using the newt 
library must be restarted for the update to take effect.

SL 3.0.x

       SRPMS:
newt-0.51.5-2.el3.src.rpm
       i386:
newt-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-devel-0.51.5-2.el3.x86_64.rpm

SL 4.x

       SRPMS:
newt-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.src.rpm
       i386:
newt-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.i386.rpm
newt-devel-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.i386.rpm
       x86_64:
newt-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.i386.rpm
newt-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm
newt-devel-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm

SL 5.x

       SRPMS:
newt-0.52.2-12.el5_4.1.src.rpm
       i386:
newt-0.52.2-12.el5_4.1.i386.rpm
newt-devel-0.52.2-12.el5_4.1.i386.rpm
       x86_64:
newt-0.52.2-12.el5_4.1.i386.rpm
newt-0.52.2-12.el5_4.1.x86_64.rpm
newt-devel-0.52.2-12.el5_4.1.i386.rpm
newt-devel-0.52.2-12.el5_4.1.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson