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CVE-2009-2905

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Description

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

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1463.html

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9664

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8556

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=523955

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-837-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36515

http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1894

http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100067251

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/newt_0.52.2-10+etch1.diff.gz

http://secunia.com/advisories/38833

http://secunia.com/advisories/38794

http://secunia.com/advisories/37922

http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00004.html

http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-09-29

Updated: 2025-04-09

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00078

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