Gentoo: GLSA-201804-13 Normal: ncurses Remote Code Execution Risk
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April 17, 2018
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in ncurses, the worst of which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in ncurses. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Resolution
All ncurses users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-libs/ncurses-6.1:0"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2017-10684 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10684 [ 2 ] CVE-2017-10685 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10685 [ 3 ] CVE-2017-11112 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11112 [ 4 ] CVE-2017-11113 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11113 [ 5 ] CVE-2017-13728 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13728 [ 6 ] CVE-2017-13729 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13729 [ 7 ] CVE-2017-13730 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13730 [ 8 ] CVE-2017-13731 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13731 [ 9 ] CVE-2017-13732 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13732 [ 10 ] CVE-2017-13733 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13733 [ 11 ] CVE-2017-13734 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13734 [ 12 ] CVE-2017-16879 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16879
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-13
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Concerns
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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Severity: Normal
Title: ncurses: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: April 17, 2018
Bugs: #624644, #625830, #629276, #639706
ID: 201804-13
Background
Free software emulation of curses in System V.
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Affected Packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 sys-libs/ncurses < 6.1:0 >= 6.1:0
Impact
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A remote attacker, by enticing the user to process untrusted terminfo
or other data, could execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of
Service condition.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
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