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openSUSE Security Update : libnewt0_52 (libnewt0_52-1331)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 42201

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

A heap-based buffer overflow was found in the way newt used to process content, to be rendered in text dialog box. Local attacker could issue a specially crafted text dialog box rendering request (direct or via custom application), leading to denial of service (application crash) or, potentially, to execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application.

CVE-2009-2905 has been assigned to this issue.

Solution

Update the affected libnewt0_52 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=540930

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 42201

File Name: suse_11_0_libnewt0_52-090923.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/22/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:newt-devel, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:newt-static, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:newt-python, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libnewt0_52, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:newt

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 9/23/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-2905

CWE: 119