The version of ncurses installed on the remote host is prior to 6.0-8.20170212. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2024-2412 advisory.

  - There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the _nc_find_entry function in tinfo/comp_hash.c in the terminfo     library in ncurses before 6.1-20191012. (CVE-2019-17594)

  - There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the fmt_entry function in tinfo/comp_hash.c in the terminfo     library in ncurses before 6.1-20191012. (CVE-2019-17595)

  - Buffer Overflow vulnerability in one_one_mapping function in progs/dump_entry.c:1373 in ncurses 6.1 allows     remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted command. (CVE-2020-19185)

  - Buffer Overflow vulnerability in _nc_find_entry function in tinfo/comp_hash.c:66 in ncurses 6.1 allows     remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted command. (CVE-2020-19186)

  - Buffer Overflow vulnerability in fmt_entry function in progs/dump_entry.c:1100 in ncurses 6.1 allows     remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted command. (CVE-2020-19187)

  - Buffer Overflow vulnerability in fmt_entry function in progs/dump_entry.c:1116 in ncurses 6.1 allows     remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted command. (CVE-2020-19188)

  - Buffer Overflow vulnerability in postprocess_terminfo function in tinfo/parse_entry.c:997 in ncurses 6.1     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted command. (CVE-2020-19189)

  - Buffer Overflow vulnerability in _nc_find_entry in tinfo/comp_hash.c:70 in ncurses 6.1 allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted command. (CVE-2020-19190)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

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Amazon Linux 2 : ncurses (ALAS-2024-2412)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 187824

Version 1.1

Version 1.0

Version 1.1 Jan 10, 2024, 3:27 PM Exploit attributes ("Exploitability ease" changed from "No known exploits are available" to "Exploits are available") Plugin Feed: 202401101527
Version 1.0 Jan 10, 2024, 8:45 AM New Plugin Feed: 202401100845