Debian Security Bug TrackerDEBIANCVE:CVE-2017-16879CVE-2017-16879
6.8 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
7.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
0.004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
72.5%
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.
| OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | 12 | all | ncurses | < 6.0+20171125-1 | ncurses_6.0+20171125-1_all.deb |
| Debian | 11 | all | ncurses | < 6.0+20171125-1 | ncurses_6.0+20171125-1_all.deb |
| Debian | 10 | all | ncurses | < 6.0+20171125-1 | ncurses_6.0+20171125-1_all.deb |
| Debian | 999 | all | ncurses | < 6.0+20171125-1 | ncurses_6.0+20171125-1_all.deb |
| Debian | 13 | all | ncurses | < 6.0+20171125-1 | ncurses_6.0+20171125-1_all.deb |
Related
6.8 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
7.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
0.004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
72.5%