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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).