Improper input validation in ncurses - CVE-2017-13729
Published: April 26, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU12196
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-13729
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Free Software Foundation
Affected software:
ncurses
ncurses
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists in the _nc_save_str function in alloc_entry.c due to an illegal address access. A remote attacker can cause the service to crash.
The weakness exists in the _nc_save_str function in alloc_entry.c due to an illegal address access. A remote attacker can cause the service to crash.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-13729
Update to version 6.1.