CVE-2009-2905

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2009-09-24
Bugzilla:
523955: CVE-2009-2905 newt: heap-overflow in textbox when text reflowing

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2009-2905 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 4.6
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (newt) RHSA-2009:1463 2009-09-24
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (newt) RHSA-2009:1463 2009-09-24
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (newt) RHSA-2009:1463 2009-09-24

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