USN-837-1: Newt vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 9.04
• Ubuntu 8.10
• Ubuntu 8.04
• Ubuntu 6.06

Packages

• newt -

Details

Miroslav Lichvar discovered that Newt incorrectly handled rendering in a
text box. An attacker could exploit this and cause a denial of service or
possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking
the program.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 9.04

• libnewt0.52 - 0.52.2-11.3ubuntu3.1

Ubuntu 8.10

• libnewt0.52 - 0.52.2-11.3ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 8.04

• libnewt0.52 - 0.52.2-11.2ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 6.06

• libnewt0.51 - 0.51.6-31ubuntu1.1

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2009-2905