USN-837-1: Newt vulnerability
24 September 2009
newt vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 9.04
- Ubuntu 8.10
- Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
Software Description
- 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 LTS
- libnewt0.52 - 0.52.2-11.2ubuntu1.1
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
- libnewt0.51 - 0.51.6-31ubuntu1.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.