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EulerOS Virtualization 2.5.0 : ncurses (EulerOS-SA-2018-1252)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 117561
Synopsis
The remote EulerOS Virtualization host is missing multiple security updates.Description
According to the versions of the ncurses packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :- In ncurses 6.0, there is a stack-based buffer overflow in the fmt_entry function. A crafted input will lead to a remote arbitrary code execution attack.(CVE-2017-10684)
- In ncurses 6.0, there is a format string vulnerability in the fmt_entry function. A crafted input will lead to a remote arbitrary code execution attack.(CVE-2017-10685)
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected ncurses packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 117561
File Name: EulerOS_SA-2018-1252.nasl
Version: 1.8
Type: local
Family: Huawei Local Security Checks
Published: 9/18/2018
Updated: 8/7/2024
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 5.5
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: 8.5
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:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:ncurses, p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:ncurses-base, cpe:/o:huawei:euleros:uvp:2.5.0, p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:ncurses-libs
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/EulerOS/release, Host/EulerOS/rpm-list, Host/EulerOS/uvp_version
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 7/24/2018
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2017-10684, CVE-2017-10685