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title: "CVE-2009-2905\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2009-2905

Publication date 29 September 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in textbox.c in newt 0.51.5, 0.51.6, and 0.52.2
allows local users to cause a denial of service (application crash) or
possibly execute arbitrary code via a request to display a crafted text
dialog box.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| newt | 9.04 jaunty | Fixed 0.52.2-11.3ubuntu3.1 |
| 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 0.52.2-11.3ubuntu1.1 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 0.52.2-11.2ubuntu1.1 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 0.51.6-31ubuntu1.1 |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2905)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2905)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2009-2905)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-2905)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-837-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-837-1)
+ Newt vulnerability
+ 24 September 2009

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-2905>