CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
10.1%
The remote host is missing an update for the
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2009-October/016256.html");
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.880817");
script_version("2023-07-12T05:05:04+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-12 05:05:04 +0000 (Wed, 12 Jul 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2011-08-09 08:20:34 +0200 (Tue, 09 Aug 2011)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.6");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_xref(name:"CESA", value:"2009:1463");
script_cve_id("CVE-2009-2905");
script_name("CentOS Update for newt CESA-2009:1463 centos5 i386");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'newt'
package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AG");
script_family("CentOS Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/centos", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=CentOS5");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"newt on CentOS 5");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"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.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated packages.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");
release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
if(release == "CentOS5")
{
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"newt", rpm:"newt~0.52.2~12.el5_4.1", rls:"CentOS5")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"newt-devel", rpm:"newt-devel~0.52.2~12.el5_4.1", rls:"CentOS5")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if (__pkg_match) exit(99);
exit(0);
}