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Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for ncurses (EulerOS-SA-2018-1005)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Huawei EulerOS Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

6.8

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

4 years ago

Modified

Modified

4 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing an update for the Huawei EulerOS 'ncurses' package(s) announced via the EulerOS-SA-2018-1005 advisory.

Insight

Insight

Stack-based buffer overflow in the _nc_write_entry function in tinfo/write_entry.c in ncurses 6.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted terminfo file, as demonstrated by tic.(CVE-2017-16879)

Affected Software

Affected Software

'ncurses' package(s) on Huawei EulerOS V2.0SP1.

Detection Method

Detection Method

Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.

Solution

Solution

Please install the updated package(s).

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)