CVE-2017-13734 There is an illegal address access in the _nc_safe_strcat function in strings.c in ncurses 6.0 that will lead to a remote denial of service attack.
MediumCVSS 6.5
EPSS 2.1%
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- No public exploit known
Description
There is an illegal address access in the _nc_safe_strcat function in strings.c in ncurses 6.0 that will lead to a remote denial of service attack.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| debian/ncurses(Debian:12) | < 6.0+20170827-1 | 6.0+20170827-1 |
| debian/ncurses(Debian:13) | < 6.0+20170827-1 | 6.0+20170827-1 |
| debian/ncurses(Debian:14) | < 6.0+20170827-1 | 6.0+20170827-1 |
| invisible-island ncurses | = 6.0 | No fix listed |
| alpine/ncurses(Alpine:v3.3) | < 6.0_p20170701-r0 | 6.0_p20170701-r0 |
| alpine/ncurses(Alpine:v3.4) | < 6.0_p20170701-r0 | 6.0_p20170701-r0 |
| alpine/ncurses(Alpine:v3.5) | < 6.0_p20170701-r0 | 6.0_p20170701-r0 |
| alpine/ncurses(Alpine:v3.6) | < 6.0_p20170930-r0 | 6.0_p20170930-r0 |
References
- Debian Security Tracker CVE-2017-13734 vendor-advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com exploit issue-tracking patch third-party-advisory vdb-entry
- GLSA-201804-13 vendor-advisory
- security.alpinelinux.org vendor-advisory
- bugs.debian.org issue-tracking