Debian Security Advisory
DSA-1894-1 newt -- buffer overflow
- Date Reported:
- 24 Sep 2009
- Affected Packages:
- newt
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2009-2905.
- More information:
-
Miroslav Lichvar discovered that newt, a windowing toolkit, is prone to a buffer overflow in the content processing code, which can lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
For the oldstable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 0.52.2-10+etch1.
For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 0.52.2-11.3+lenny1.
For the testing distribution (squeeze) and the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you upgrade your newt packages.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/newt_0.52.2-10+etch1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/newt_0.52.2-10+etch1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/newt_0.52.2-10+etch1.dsc
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/whiptail_0.52.2-10+etch1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt0.52_0.52.2-10+etch1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt-dev_0.52.2-10+etch1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/python-newt_0.52.2-10+etch1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt-pic_0.52.2-10+etch1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/newt-tcl_0.52.2-10+etch1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt0.52_0.52.2-10+etch1_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/newt-tcl_0.52.2-10+etch1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/python-newt_0.52.2-10+etch1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt-pic_0.52.2-10+etch1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/whiptail_0.52.2-10+etch1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt0.52_0.52.2-10+etch1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt-dev_0.52.2-10+etch1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/python-newt_0.52.2-10+etch1_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/whiptail_0.52.2-10+etch1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt-pic_0.52.2-10+etch1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/newt-tcl_0.52.2-10+etch1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/python-newt_0.52.2-10+etch1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt-dev_0.52.2-10+etch1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt0.52_0.52.2-10+etch1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt-pic_0.52.2-10+etch1_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/newt-tcl_0.52.2-10+etch1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt-pic_0.52.2-10+etch1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/whiptail_0.52.2-10+etch1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/python-newt_0.52.2-10+etch1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt-dev_0.52.2-10+etch1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt0.52_0.52.2-10+etch1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt-pic_0.52.2-10+etch1_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt-pic_0.52.2-10+etch1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt-dev_0.52.2-10+etch1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/whiptail_0.52.2-10+etch1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt0.52_0.52.2-10+etch1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/newt-tcl_0.52.2-10+etch1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/python-newt_0.52.2-10+etch1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt-dev_0.52.2-10+etch1_ia64.deb
- Big-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/whiptail_0.52.2-10+etch1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt-pic_0.52.2-10+etch1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt-dev_0.52.2-10+etch1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/newt-tcl_0.52.2-10+etch1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt0.52_0.52.2-10+etch1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/python-newt_0.52.2-10+etch1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt-pic_0.52.2-10+etch1_mips.deb
- Little-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/newt-tcl_0.52.2-10+etch1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/python-newt_0.52.2-10+etch1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt-dev_0.52.2-10+etch1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt0.52_0.52.2-10+etch1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/whiptail_0.52.2-10+etch1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt-pic_0.52.2-10+etch1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/python-newt_0.52.2-10+etch1_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/python-newt_0.52.2-10+etch1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/newt-tcl_0.52.2-10+etch1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt-dev_0.52.2-10+etch1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt-pic_0.52.2-10+etch1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt0.52_0.52.2-10+etch1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/whiptail_0.52.2-10+etch1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/newt-tcl_0.52.2-10+etch1_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt-pic_0.52.2-10+etch1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt-dev_0.52.2-10+etch1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/whiptail_0.52.2-10+etch1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/python-newt_0.52.2-10+etch1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/newt-tcl_0.52.2-10+etch1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt0.52_0.52.2-10+etch1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt-dev_0.52.2-10+etch1_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt0.52_0.52.2-10+etch1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt-pic_0.52.2-10+etch1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt-dev_0.52.2-10+etch1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/newt-tcl_0.52.2-10+etch1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/python-newt_0.52.2-10+etch1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/whiptail_0.52.2-10+etch1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt-pic_0.52.2-10+etch1_sparc.deb
Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (lenny)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/newt_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/newt_0.52.2.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/newt_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/newt_0.52.2.orig.tar.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt0.52_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt-pic_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/whiptail_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/python-newt_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/newt-tcl_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt-dev_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt-pic_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/python-newt_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/newt-tcl_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt-dev_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt-pic_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt0.52_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/whiptail_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/newt-tcl_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/whiptail_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/python-newt_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt-dev_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt0.52_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/newt-tcl_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt-pic_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/python-newt_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_arm.deb
- ARM EABI:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/newt-tcl_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_armel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt-pic_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_armel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt-dev_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_armel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/whiptail_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_armel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt0.52_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_armel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/python-newt_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_armel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt-pic_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_armel.deb
- HP Precision:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt0.52_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt-dev_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/whiptail_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/python-newt_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/newt-tcl_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt-pic_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt-dev_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_hppa.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt-pic_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/newt-tcl_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/python-newt_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt-dev_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/whiptail_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt0.52_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/newt-tcl_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt-dev_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt0.52_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/newt-tcl_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/python-newt_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/whiptail_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt-pic_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt0.52_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_ia64.deb
- Big-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/newt-tcl_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt0.52_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt-dev_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt-pic_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/python-newt_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/whiptail_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt0.52_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_mips.deb
- Little-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/whiptail_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/python-newt_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt0.52_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt-pic_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/newt-tcl_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt-dev_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/python-newt_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt-pic_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/whiptail_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/python-newt_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt0.52_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt-dev_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/newt-tcl_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/whiptail_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_powerpc.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/whiptail_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt-dev_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/python-newt_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/newt-tcl_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt0.52_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt-pic_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/libnewt-dev_0.52.2-11.3+lenny1_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.