news 28 Posted September 24, 2009 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Moderate: newt security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2009:1463-01 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1463.html Issue date: 2009-09-24 CVE Names: CVE-2009-2905 ===================================================================== 1. Summary: Updated newt packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Desktop version 3 - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 - i386, ia64, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 - i386, ia64, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64 3. Description: 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. 4. Solution: Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259 5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 523955 - CVE-2009-2905 newt: heap-overflow in textbox when text reflowing 6. Package List: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3: Source: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/3AS/en/os/SRPMS/newt-0.51.5-2.el3.src.rpm i386: newt-0.51.5-2.el3.i386.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.51.5-2.el3.i386.rpm newt-devel-0.51.5-2.el3.i386.rpm ia64: newt-0.51.5-2.el3.i386.rpm newt-0.51.5-2.el3.ia64.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.51.5-2.el3.i386.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.51.5-2.el3.ia64.rpm newt-devel-0.51.5-2.el3.ia64.rpm ppc: newt-0.51.5-2.el3.ppc.rpm newt-0.51.5-2.el3.ppc64.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.51.5-2.el3.ppc.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.51.5-2.el3.ppc64.rpm newt-devel-0.51.5-2.el3.ppc.rpm s390: newt-0.51.5-2.el3.s390.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.51.5-2.el3.s390.rpm newt-devel-0.51.5-2.el3.s390.rpm s390x: newt-0.51.5-2.el3.s390.rpm newt-0.51.5-2.el3.s390x.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.51.5-2.el3.s390.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.51.5-2.el3.s390x.rpm newt-devel-0.51.5-2.el3.s390x.rpm x86_64: newt-0.51.5-2.el3.i386.rpm newt-0.51.5-2.el3.x86_64.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.51.5-2.el3.i386.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.51.5-2.el3.x86_64.rpm newt-devel-0.51.5-2.el3.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Desktop version 3: Source: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/3desktop/en/os/SRPMS/newt-0.51.5-2.el3.src.rpm i386: newt-0.51.5-2.el3.i386.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.51.5-2.el3.i386.rpm newt-devel-0.51.5-2.el3.i386.rpm x86_64: newt-0.51.5-2.el3.i386.rpm newt-0.51.5-2.el3.x86_64.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.51.5-2.el3.i386.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.51.5-2.el3.x86_64.rpm newt-devel-0.51.5-2.el3.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3: Source: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/3ES/en/os/SRPMS/newt-0.51.5-2.el3.src.rpm i386: newt-0.51.5-2.el3.i386.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.51.5-2.el3.i386.rpm newt-devel-0.51.5-2.el3.i386.rpm ia64: newt-0.51.5-2.el3.i386.rpm newt-0.51.5-2.el3.ia64.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.51.5-2.el3.i386.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.51.5-2.el3.ia64.rpm newt-devel-0.51.5-2.el3.ia64.rpm x86_64: newt-0.51.5-2.el3.i386.rpm newt-0.51.5-2.el3.x86_64.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.51.5-2.el3.i386.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.51.5-2.el3.x86_64.rpm newt-devel-0.51.5-2.el3.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3: Source: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/3WS/en/os/SRPMS/newt-0.51.5-2.el3.src.rpm i386: newt-0.51.5-2.el3.i386.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.51.5-2.el3.i386.rpm newt-devel-0.51.5-2.el3.i386.rpm ia64: newt-0.51.5-2.el3.i386.rpm newt-0.51.5-2.el3.ia64.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.51.5-2.el3.i386.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.51.5-2.el3.ia64.rpm newt-devel-0.51.5-2.el3.ia64.rpm x86_64: newt-0.51.5-2.el3.i386.rpm newt-0.51.5-2.el3.x86_64.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.51.5-2.el3.i386.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.51.5-2.el3.x86_64.rpm newt-devel-0.51.5-2.el3.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4: Source: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4AS/en/os/SRPMS/newt-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.src.rpm i386: newt-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.i386.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.i386.rpm newt-devel-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.i386.rpm ia64: newt-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.i386.rpm newt-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.ia64.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.i386.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.ia64.rpm newt-devel-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.ia64.rpm ppc: newt-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.ppc.rpm newt-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.ppc64.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.ppc.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.ppc64.rpm newt-devel-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.ppc.rpm s390: newt-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.s390.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.s390.rpm newt-devel-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.s390.rpm s390x: newt-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.s390.rpm newt-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.s390x.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.s390.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.s390x.rpm newt-devel-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.s390x.rpm x86_64: newt-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.i386.rpm newt-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.i386.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm newt-devel-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4: Source: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4Desktop/en/os/SRPMS/newt-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.src.rpm i386: newt-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.i386.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.i386.rpm newt-devel-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.i386.rpm x86_64: newt-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.i386.rpm newt-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.i386.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm newt-devel-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4: Source: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4ES/en/os/SRPMS/newt-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.src.rpm i386: newt-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.i386.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.i386.rpm newt-devel-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.i386.rpm ia64: newt-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.i386.rpm newt-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.ia64.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.i386.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.ia64.rpm newt-devel-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.ia64.rpm x86_64: newt-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.i386.rpm newt-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.i386.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm newt-devel-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4: Source: ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4WS/en/os/SRPMS/newt-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.src.rpm i386: newt-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.i386.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.i386.rpm newt-devel-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.i386.rpm ia64: newt-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.i386.rpm newt-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.ia64.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.i386.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.ia64.rpm newt-devel-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.ia64.rpm x86_64: newt-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.i386.rpm newt-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.i386.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm newt-devel-0.51.6-10.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client): Source: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Client/en/os/SRPMS/newt-0.52.2-12.el5_4.1.src.rpm i386: newt-0.52.2-12.el5_4.1.i386.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.52.2-12.el5_4.1.i386.rpm x86_64: newt-0.52.2-12.el5_4.1.i386.rpm newt-0.52.2-12.el5_4.1.x86_64.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.52.2-12.el5_4.1.i386.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.52.2-12.el5_4.1.x86_64.rpm RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client): Source: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Client/en/os/SRPMS/newt-0.52.2-12.el5_4.1.src.rpm i386: newt-debuginfo-0.52.2-12.el5_4.1.i386.rpm newt-devel-0.52.2-12.el5_4.1.i386.rpm x86_64: newt-debuginfo-0.52.2-12.el5_4.1.i386.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.52.2-12.el5_4.1.x86_64.rpm newt-devel-0.52.2-12.el5_4.1.i386.rpm newt-devel-0.52.2-12.el5_4.1.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server): Source: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/os/SRPMS/newt-0.52.2-12.el5_4.1.src.rpm i386: newt-0.52.2-12.el5_4.1.i386.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.52.2-12.el5_4.1.i386.rpm newt-devel-0.52.2-12.el5_4.1.i386.rpm ia64: newt-0.52.2-12.el5_4.1.ia64.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.52.2-12.el5_4.1.ia64.rpm newt-devel-0.52.2-12.el5_4.1.ia64.rpm ppc: newt-0.52.2-12.el5_4.1.ppc.rpm newt-0.52.2-12.el5_4.1.ppc64.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.52.2-12.el5_4.1.ppc.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.52.2-12.el5_4.1.ppc64.rpm newt-devel-0.52.2-12.el5_4.1.ppc.rpm newt-devel-0.52.2-12.el5_4.1.ppc64.rpm s390x: newt-0.52.2-12.el5_4.1.s390.rpm newt-0.52.2-12.el5_4.1.s390x.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.52.2-12.el5_4.1.s390.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.52.2-12.el5_4.1.s390x.rpm newt-devel-0.52.2-12.el5_4.1.s390.rpm newt-devel-0.52.2-12.el5_4.1.s390x.rpm x86_64: newt-0.52.2-12.el5_4.1.i386.rpm newt-0.52.2-12.el5_4.1.x86_64.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.52.2-12.el5_4.1.i386.rpm newt-debuginfo-0.52.2-12.el5_4.1.x86_64.rpm newt-devel-0.52.2-12.el5_4.1.i386.rpm newt-devel-0.52.2-12.el5_4.1.x86_64.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://www.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package 7. References: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2905 http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate 8. Contact: The Red Hat security contact is . More contact details at https://www.redhat.com/security/team/contact/ Copyright 2009 Red Hat, Inc. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFKu8cqXlSAg2UNWIIRAj5rAJ93NojFMID2+HqRFyZ+LIdAKpXa5wCeLZhS 8OoeiLToCoMt/vAvwDtSfbU= =0947 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Share this post Link to post
