CVE-2009-2905

CVE Details

Release Date:	2009-09-29
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

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.

See more information about CVE-2009-2905 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	4.6
Vector String:	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial
Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 3 (newt)	ELSA-2009-1463	2009-09-24
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (newt)	ELSA-2009-1463	2009-09-24
Oracle Linux version 5 (newt)	ELSA-2009-1463	2009-09-24