[ MDVSA-2009:249 ] newt

[dude67]

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Package : newt
Date : September 27, 2009
Affected: 2008.1, 2009.0, 2009.1, Corporate 3.0, Corporate 4.0,
Enterprise Server 5.0, Multi Network Firewall 2.0
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Problem Description:

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.
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References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cg ... -2009-2905
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