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Fedora 11: 2009-9961 Moderate: Buffer Overflow in Newt Library

Fixes a buffer overflow in textbox, which could be exploited to execute arbitrary code.. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2009-9961 2009-09-25 19:43:22 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name : newt Product : Fedora 11 Version : 0.52.10 Release : 4.fc11 URL : https://pagure.io/newt Summary : A library for text mode user interfaces Description : 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, etc., to text mode user interfaces. This package also contains the shared library needed by programs built with newt, as well as a /usr/bin/dialog replacement called whiptail. Newt is based on the slang library. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information: Fixes a buffer overflow in textbox, which could be exploited to execute arbitrary code. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ChangeLog: * Thu Sep 24 2009 Miroslav Lichvar - 0.52.10-4 - fix buffer overflow in textbox when reflowing (#523955, CVE-2009-2905) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [ 1 ] Bug #523955 - CVE-2009-2905 newt: heap-overflow in textbox when text reflowing https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=523955 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update newt' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at . All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be foundat -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Fedora-package-announce mailing list This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it./ . This release fixes a critical security flaw in the openbox framework for Ubuntu 20.04, reducing the possibility of exploitation.. Fedora Update, Newt Library, Buffer Overflow Fix, Security Advisory. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

Sep 25, 2009 Fedora