CVE-2017-13729
published 2017-08-29CVE-2017-13729: There is an illegal address access in the _nc_save_str function in alloc_entry.c in ncurses 6.0. It will lead to a remote denial of service attack.
PriorityP428medium6.5CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUIRSUCNINAH
EPSS
2.91%
85.4th percentile
There is an illegal address access in the _nc_save_str function in alloc_entry.c in ncurses 6.0. It will lead to a remote denial of service attack.
Affected
8 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | ncurses | < ncurses 6.0+20170827-1 (bookworm) | ncurses 6.0+20170827-1 (bookworm) |
| gnu | ncurses | — | — |
| gnu | ncurses | >= 0 < 6.0+20170827-1 | 6.0+20170827-1 |
| gnu | ncurses | >= 0 < 6.0+20170827-1 | 6.0+20170827-1 |
| gnu | ncurses | >= 0 < 6.0+20170827-1 | 6.0+20170827-1 |
| gnu | ncurses | >= 0 < 6.0+20170827-1 | 6.0+20170827-1 |
| gnu | ncurses | >= 0 < 5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm1 | 5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm1 |
| gnu | ncurses | >= 0 < 6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm1 | 6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm1 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.06.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv9.8CRITICAL
vendor_ubuntu9.8CRITICAL
vendor_debian6.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat6.5MEDIUM
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Ubuntu
ncurses vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2022-05-26·CVSS 9.8
CVE-2017-13729 [CRITICAL] ncurses vulnerabilities
Title: ncurses vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in ncurses.
It was discovered that ncurses was not properly checking array bounds
when executing the fmt_entry function, which could result in an
out-of-bounds write. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-10684)
It was discovered that ncurses was not properly checking user input,
which could result in it being treated as a format argument. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive
information or to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-10685)
It was discovered that ncurses was incorrectly performing memory
management operations and was not blocking access attempts to
illegal memory locations. An attacker could possibly use this issue
to cause a denial of s
Red Hat
ncurses: Illegal address access in the _nc_save_str function
vendor_redhat·2017-08-23·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2017-13729 [MEDIUM] ncurses: Illegal address access in the _nc_save_str function
ncurses: Illegal address access in the _nc_save_str function
There is an illegal address access in the _nc_save_str function in alloc_entry.c in ncurses 6.0. It will lead to a remote denial of service attack.
Package: ncurses (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5) - Will not fix
Package: ncurses (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Will not fix
Package: ncurses (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Will not fix
Debian
CVE-2017-13729: ncurses - There is an illegal address access in the _nc_save_str function in alloc_entry.c...
vendor_debian·2017·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2017-13729 [MEDIUM] CVE-2017-13729: ncurses - There is an illegal address access in the _nc_save_str function in alloc_entry.c...
There is an illegal address access in the _nc_save_str function in alloc_entry.c in ncurses 6.0. It will lead to a remote denial of service attack.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 6.0+20170827-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 6.0+20170827-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 6.0+20170827-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 6.0+20170827-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 6.0+20170827-1)
OSV
ncurses vulnerabilities
osv·2022-05-26·CVSS 9.8
CVE-2017-10684 [CRITICAL] ncurses vulnerabilities
ncurses vulnerabilities
It was discovered that ncurses was not properly checking array bounds
when executing the fmt_entry function, which could result in an
out-of-bounds write. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-10684)
It was discovered that ncurses was not properly checking user input,
which could result in it being treated as a format argument. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive
information or to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-10685)
It was discovered that ncurses was incorrectly performing memory
management operations and was not blocking access attempts to
illegal memory locations. An attacker could possibly use this issue
to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2017-11112, CVE-2017-13729,
CVE-2017-13730, CVE-201
GHSA
GHSA-rw7r-p3xc-j3x9: There is an illegal address access in the _nc_save_str function in alloc_entry
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-13
CVE-2017-13729 [MEDIUM] CWE-119 GHSA-rw7r-p3xc-j3x9: There is an illegal address access in the _nc_save_str function in alloc_entry
There is an illegal address access in the _nc_save_str function in alloc_entry.c in ncurses 6.0. It will lead to a remote denial of service attack.
OSV
CVE-2017-13729: There is an illegal address access in the _nc_save_str function in alloc_entry
osv·2017-08-29·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2017-13729 [MEDIUM] CVE-2017-13729: There is an illegal address access in the _nc_save_str function in alloc_entry
There is an illegal address access in the _nc_save_str function in alloc_entry.c in ncurses 6.0. It will lead to a remote denial of service attack.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-13728 CVE-2017-13729 CVE-2017-13730 CVE-2017-13731 CVE-2017-13732 CVE-2017-13733 CVE-2017-13734 ncurses: various flaws [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2017-09-06·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2017-13728 [HIGH] CVE-2017-13728 CVE-2017-13729 CVE-2017-13730 CVE-2017-13731 CVE-2017-13732 CVE-2017-13733 CVE-2017-13734 ncurses: various flaws [fedora-all]
CVE-2017-13728 CVE-2017-13729 CVE-2017-13730 CVE-2017-13731 CVE-2017-13732 CVE-2017-13733 CVE-2017-13734 ncurses: various flaws [fedora-all]
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-13729 ncurses: Illegal address access in the _nc_save_str function
bugzilla·2017-09-06·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2017-13729 [MEDIUM] CVE-2017-13729 ncurses: Illegal address access in the _nc_save_str function
CVE-2017-13729 ncurses: Illegal address access in the _nc_save_str function
There is an illegal address access in the _nc_save_str function in alloc_entry.c in ncurses 6.0. It will lead to a denial of service attack.
Bug report:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1484276
Discussion:
Created ncurses tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1488923]
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*** Bug 1484276 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1484276https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3Ehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3Ehttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-13https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1484276https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3Ehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3Ehttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-13
2017-08-29
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