Bug 523955 (CVE-2009-2905)

Summary:	CVE-2009-2905 newt: heap-overflow in textbox when text reflowing
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	dmach, jlieskov, kreilly, mjc, security-response-team
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Last Closed:	2009-10-05 06:57:12 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Depends On:	524613, 524615, 524617, 524618, 524619
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Comment 1 Jan Lieskovsky 2009-09-18 17:52:14 UTC

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.

Comment 13 Jan Lieskovsky 2009-09-24 14:06:21 UTC

Public now via:

http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2009/msg00215.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-837-1

Comment 14 Fedora Update System 2009-09-24 14:32:33 UTC

newt-0.52.10-2.fc10 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 10.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/newt-0.52.10-2.fc10

Comment 15 Fedora Update System 2009-09-24 14:32:36 UTC

newt-0.52.10-4.fc11 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 11.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/newt-0.52.10-4.fc11

Comment 16 errata-xmlrpc 2009-09-24 19:21:49 UTC

This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

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

Comment 17 Fedora Update System 2009-09-25 20:14:47 UTC

newt-0.52.10-2.fc10 has been pushed to the Fedora 10 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 18 Fedora Update System 2009-09-25 20:15:39 UTC

newt-0.52.10-4.fc11 has been pushed to the Fedora 11 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.