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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:249-1
http://www.mandriva.com/security/
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Package : newt
Date : December 5, 2009
Affected: 2008.0
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Problem Description:

A vulnerability was discovered and corrected in newt:

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).

This update provides a solution to this vulnerability.

Update:

Packages for 2008.0 are being provided due to extended support for
Corporate products.
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References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2905
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Updated Packages:

Mandriva Linux 2008.0:
654a1c3c587c6a5a14e6f4d23e890483 2008.0/i586/libnewt0.52-0.52.6-3.1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
f0942a5df8fa536a02126f4034d3e53f 2008.0/i586/libnewt0.52-devel-0.52.6-3.1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
0ce830ecabb85460249e58f53d1fe2c9 2008.0/i586/newt-0.52.6-3.1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
228d192869250f150207ce14e8374fec 2008.0/SRPMS/newt-0.52.6-3.1mdv2008.0.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2008.0/X86_64:
889b8c64d20e91ae4e05d0c7945cd45e 2008.0/x86_64/lib64newt0.52-0.52.6-3.1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
57e8e2c4cffe147722dbc4a0054459c9 2008.0/x86_64/lib64newt0.52-devel-0.52.6-3.1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
d960d8c779078deea2e6c33b70b9685d 2008.0/x86_64/newt-0.52.6-3.1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
228d192869250f150207ce14e8374fec 2008.0/SRPMS/newt-0.52.6-3.1mdv2008.0.src.rpm
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To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

All packages are signed by Mandriva for security. You can obtain the
GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing:

gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at:

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

security_(at)_mandriva.com
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Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
<security*mandriva.com>
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