SB2017100321 - NULL pointer dereference in ncurses (Alpine package)
Published: October 3, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017100321
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) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-11113)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists in the _nc_parse_entry function of tinfo/parse_entry.c due to NULL pointer dereference. 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.