CVE-2009-2905 (GCVE-0-2009-2905)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-09-29 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 06:07
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
References
URL Tags
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http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announ… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
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http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100067251 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36515 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
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http://secunia.com/advisories/37922 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-837-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://secunia.com/advisories/38833 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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Date Public
2009-09-24 00:00
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