Improper Input Validation Affecting ncurses-debuginfo package, versions <0:6.0-8.20170212.amzn2.1.3


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.23% (61st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-NCURSESDEBUGINFO-1674325
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed8 Jul 2017

Introduced: 8 Jul 2017

CVE-2017-11112  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 ncurses-debuginfo to version 0:6.0-8.20170212.amzn2.1.3 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2019-1302.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ncurses-debuginfo package and not the ncurses-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

In ncurses 6.0, there is an attempted 0xffffffffffffffff access in the append_acs function of tinfo/parse_entry.c. It could lead to a remote denial of service attack if the terminfo library code is used to process untrusted terminfo data.