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OracleVM 2.1 : newt (OVMSA-2009-0026)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 79466

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Synopsis

The remote OracleVM host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates :

 - fix buffer overflow in textbox when reflowing (#524618, CVE-2009-2905)

 - add release to -devel requires

 - escape macros in changelog

 - add support for tuples of strings in EntryWindow prompts in snack (#219679)

 - fix multibyte and double width character handling in entry (#249717)

Solution

Update the affected newt package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?d7e5db9c

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 79466

File Name: oraclevm_OVMSA-2009-0026.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Published: 11/26/2014

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:newt, cpe:/o:oracle:vm_server:2.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/OracleVM/release, Host/OracleVM/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/19/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/29/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-2905

BID: 36515

CWE: 119