libnewt0_52 newt: fixing a heap overflow (CVE-2009-2905) newt: fixing a heap overflow (CVE-2009-2905) 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. 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. security newt i586 935ada8f166ac5f933757d852e13f5926382a623 newt ppc a37ac5c160a23d7030d2e9835998c922b2896625 newt x86_64 8c134281bd93705d5719436fd2b38598db3a002c newt-32bit x86_64 75158dc696b5eaec71722912b799c101ccf301fd newt-64bit ppc fd378389f82260d9be9e18cbb8d3bd4344622bfd newt-devel i586 0ee660a5836f1b746ed6de4fa036ab99ccf47d22 newt-devel ppc 2796503ef0a0149d53d4945d263a6755e1030b65 newt-devel x86_64 51ef061a2a0c1c6e2292312788a0425016fc0929 newt-doc i586 3b9e902d3faf3747849c5226c230feee42505178 newt-doc ppc f4f8c6eebcb0854059a1f863d5438c89163d4ac7 newt-doc x86_64 fec65612cc6c1c58d1f57db7bfd773d2c4efa4e6 newt-static i586 774e8ec9bc0b61e76bee54ad6aa8a42f25153ee8 newt-static ppc 560ee6100df4811dfd8ec9a8c971234aa5fe2fc2 newt-static x86_64 b8177548339019583af51fa76abf285045be8e6a