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FreeBSD: VID-B84DBD94-E894-4C91-B8CD-D328537B1B2B (CVE-2017-13728): ncurses -- multiple issues

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FreeBSD: VID-B84DBD94-E894-4C91-B8CD-D328537B1B2B (CVE-2017-13728): ncurses -- multiple issues

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
08/29/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/11/2017
Modified
05/03/2019

Description

There is an infinite loop in the next_char function in comp_scan.c in ncurses 6.0, related to libtic. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-ncurses

References

  • GLSA-201804-13
  • CVE-2017-13728

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