Improper input validation in ncurses - CVE-2017-13733

Vulnerability identifier: #VU12200

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-2017-13733

CWE-ID: CWE-20

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: Free Software Foundation

Affected software:
ncurses

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists in the fmt_entry function in progs/dump_entry.c  due to an illegal address access. A remote attacker can cause the service to crash.

Update to version 6.1.

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1484290