Summary
The remote host is missing an update to newt
announced via advisory FEDORA-2009-9961.
Solution
Apply the appropriate updates.
This update can be installed with the yum update program. Use su -c 'yum update newt' at the command line.
For more information, refer to Managing Software with yum, available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FEDORA-2009-9961
Insight
Update Information:
Fixes a buffer overflow in textbox, which could be exploited to execute arbitrary code.
ChangeLog:
* Thu Sep 24 2009 Miroslav Lichvar - 0.52.10-4
- fix buffer overflow in textbox when reflowing (#523955, CVE-2009-2905)
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2009-2905 -
CVSS Base Score: 4.6
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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