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TITLE:
Newt "doReflow()" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA36810

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DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Newt, which can potentially be
exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and
compromise an application using the library.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the
"doReflow()" function in textbox.c. This can be exploited to cause a
heap-based buffer overflow e.g. if an application prints a specially
crafted text in a reflowing textbox.

The vulnerability is reported in version 0.52.10. Other Versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Fixed in the GIT repository.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=523955
https://fedorahosted.org/newt/changeset/9e3bf9df5d98e9f047e457f47017a3f4d076f2dc

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