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Debian DSA-113-1 : ncurses - buffer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 14950

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Several buffer overflows were fixed in the 'ncurses' library in November 2000. Unfortunately, one was missed. This can lead to crashes when using ncurses applications in large windows.

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project has assigned the name CAN-2002-0062 to this issue.

This problem has been fixed for the stable release of Debian in version 5.0-6.0potato2. The testing and unstable releases contain ncurses 5.2, which is not affected by this problem.

There are no known exploits for this problem, but we recommend that all users upgrade ncurses immediately.

Solution

Upgrade the affected ncurses package.

See Also

http://cve.mitre.org/

http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-113

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 14950

File Name: debian_DSA-113.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/29/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ncurses, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:2.2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 2/18/2002

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2002-0062

DSA: 113