vulnerability
FreeBSD: VID-b84dbd94-e894-4c91-b8cd-d328537b1b2b (CVE-2017-13729): ncurses -- multiple issues
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Oct 11, 2017 | Oct 11, 2017 | Jun 15, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Oct 11, 2017
Added
Oct 11, 2017
Modified
Jun 15, 2026
Description
There is an illegal address access in the _nc_save_str function in alloc_entry.c in ncurses 6.0. It will lead to a remote denial of service attack.
Solution
freebsd-upgrade-package-ncurses
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