Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2017-16879: Vulnerability in ncurses
7
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
11/22/2017
04/22/2019
04/17/2019
02/17/2022
Description
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.
Solution(s)
- oracle-solaris-11-4-upgrade-library-ncurses-6-1-0-20190105-11-4-8-0-1-1-0
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