Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.880778
Category:	CentOS Local Security Checks
Title:	CentOS Update for newt CESA-2009:1463 centos3 i386
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'newt'; package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'newt' package(s) announced via the referenced advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Newt is a programming library for color text mode, widget-based user interfaces. Newt can be used to add stacked windows, entry widgets, checkboxes, radio buttons, labels, plain text fields, scrollbars, and so on, to text mode user interfaces. 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) Users of newt should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. After installing the updated packages, all applications using the newt library must be restarted for the update to take effect. Affected Software/OS: newt on CentOS 3 Solution: Please install the updated packages. CVSS Score: 4.6 CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-2905 BugTraq ID: 36515 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36515 Debian Security Information: DSA-1894 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1894 http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8556 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9664 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2009:1463 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1463.html http://secunia.com/advisories/37922 http://secunia.com/advisories/38794 http://secunia.com/advisories/38833 SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2009:017 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00004.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-837-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528
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