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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.69017
Category:Gentoo Local Security Checks
Title:Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201006-14 (newt)
Summary:The remote host is missing updates announced in;advisory GLSA 201006-14.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 201006-14.

Vulnerability Insight:
A heap-based buffer overflow in the Newt library might allow remote,
user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Solution:
All Newt users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-libs/newt-0.52.10-r1'

CVSS Score:
4.6

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-2905
36515
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36515
37922
http://secunia.com/advisories/37922
38794
http://secunia.com/advisories/38794
38833
http://secunia.com/advisories/38833
ADV-2010-0528
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528
DSA-1894
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1894
RHSA-2009:1463
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1463.html
SUSE-SR:2009:017
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00004.html
USN-837-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-837-1
[security-announce] 20100303 VMSA-2010-0004 ESX Service Console and vMA third party updates
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/newt/newt_0.52.2-10+etch1.diff.gz
http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100067251
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=523955
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8556
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8556
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9664
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9664
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