SB2017100324 - Improper input validation in ncurses (Alpine package)
Published: October 3, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017100324
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Improper input validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-13730)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists in the function _nc_read_entry_source() in progs/tic.c due to an illegal address access. A remote attacker can cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.