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CVE-2017-16879

Published: Nov 22, 2017

Modified: Aug 5, 2024

PUBLISHED

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/145045/GNU-ncurses-6.0-tic-Denial-Of-Service.html

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vendor-advisory

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http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/NEWS.html#t20171125

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https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=57695

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[bookkeeper-issues] 20210628 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2746: Security Vulnerabilities in CentOS 7 image, Upgrade image to CentOS 8

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[bookkeeper-issues] 20210629 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2746: Security Vulnerabilities in CentOS 7 image, Upgrade image to CentOS 8

mailing-list

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