Improper Input Validation Affecting ncurses package, versions <6.0+20170701-1
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- published8 Jul 2017
- disclosed8 Jul 2017
Introduced: 8 Jul 2017
CVE-2017-11112 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:11 ncurses to version 6.0+20170701-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ncurses package and not the ncurses package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:11 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.