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GLSA-201804-13 : ncurses: Multiple vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 109097

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201804-13 (ncurses: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in ncurses. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker, by enticing the user to process untrusted terminfo or other data, could execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service condition.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All ncurses users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=sys-libs/ncurses-6.1:0'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-13

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 109097

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201804-13.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 4/18/2018

Updated: 10/31/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-10685

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:ncurses

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/17/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-10684, CVE-2017-10685, CVE-2017-11112, CVE-2017-11113, CVE-2017-13728, CVE-2017-13729, CVE-2017-13730, CVE-2017-13731, CVE-2017-13732, CVE-2017-13733, CVE-2017-13734, CVE-2017-16879

GLSA: 201804-13