Gentoo Linux: CVE-2009-2905: Newt: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
5
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
09/29/2009
07/25/2018
10/30/2017
10/30/2017
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.
Solution(s)
- gentoo-linux-upgrade-dev-libs-newt
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