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SUSE: CVE-2017-16879: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2017-16879: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
11/22/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/01/2017
Modified
05/10/2021

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the _nc_write_entry function in tinfo/write_entry.c in ncurses 6.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted terminfo file, as demonstrated by tic.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-libncurses5
  • suse-upgrade-libncurses5-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libncurses5-x86
  • suse-upgrade-libncurses6
  • suse-upgrade-libncurses6-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libncurses6-x86
  • suse-upgrade-ncurses-devel
  • suse-upgrade-ncurses-devel-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-ncurses-utils
  • suse-upgrade-tack
  • suse-upgrade-terminfo
  • suse-upgrade-terminfo-base

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