Secunia Security Advisory – Debian has issued an update for newt. This fixes a vulnerability, which can potentially be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or compromise an application using the library.
You can download this advisory from the following link: https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/download/81646/sa36871.txt
Source: https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/81646/Secunia-Security-Advisory-36871.html