SB2017100320 - Improper input validation in ncurses (Alpine package)
Published: October 3, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017100320
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Improper input validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-11112)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists in the append_acs function of tinfo/parse_entry.c due to an attempted 0xffffffffffffffff access. A remote attacker can cause the service to crash if the terminfo library code is used to process untrusted terminfo data.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.