UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16879

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16879

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16879.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16879

Related

Published

2017-11-22T22:29:00Z

Modified

2017-11-22T22:29:00Z

Severity

7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator

Summary

[none]

Details

Stack-based buffer overflow in the ncwriteentry function in tinfo/writeentry.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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / ncurses

Package

Name: ncurses
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/ncurses@5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2?arch=src?distro=trusty/esm

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2

Affected versions

5.*

5.9+20130608-1ubuntu1

5.9+20131221-1ubuntu1

5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1

5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "ubuntu_priority": "negligible",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "libncurses5": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "libx32ncurses5-dev-dbgsym": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "libx32ncursesw5": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "lib32ncursesw5-dbgsym": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "libx32tinfo-dev-dbgsym": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "lib32ncurses5": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "lib32ncursesw5-dev": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "libx32ncursesw5-dev": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "libx32tinfo-dev": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "lib32tinfo5": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "libncurses5-dbg": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "lib32ncursesw5": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "lib32tinfo-dev": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "libtinfo5-dbgsym": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "ncurses-base": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "libx32tinfo5": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "libncursesw5": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "libx32ncurses5-dev": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "ncurses-bin-dbgsym": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "libncursesw5-dbg": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "libtinfo-dev-dbgsym": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "libx32tinfo5-dbgsym": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "lib64tinfo5-dbgsym": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "libncursesw5-dev": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2",
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            "lib64ncurses5-dev-dbgsym": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "libncurses5-dbgsym": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "libx32ncurses5": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "lib64ncurses5-dbgsym": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "libncurses5-dev": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "libncursesw5-dbgsym": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "lib32ncursesw5-dev-dbgsym": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "libx32ncursesw5-dbgsym": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "lib32tinfo5-dbgsym": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "ncurses-examples": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "ncurses-doc": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "ncurses-examples-dbgsym": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "lib32ncurses5-dbgsym": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "libtinfo5-dbg": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "libtinfo5": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "ncurses-term": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "lib64tinfo5": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "lib32tinfo-dev-dbgsym": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "libncursesw5-dev-dbgsym": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "ncurses-bin": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "libx32ncursesw5-dev-dbgsym": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "lib32ncurses5-dev-dbgsym": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "libtinfo-dev": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "lib64ncurses5-dev": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "lib64ncurses5": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "lib32ncurses5-dev": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "libx32ncurses5-dbgsym": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / ncurses

Package

Name: ncurses
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/ncurses@6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2?arch=src?distro=esm-infra/xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2

Affected versions

5.*

5.9+20150516-2ubuntu1

6.*

6.0+20151024-2ubuntu1

6.0+20151024-2ubuntu2

6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1

6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "ubuntu_priority": "negligible",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "libncurses5": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "libx32ncurses5-dev-dbgsym": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "libx32ncursesw5": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "lib32ncursesw5-dbgsym": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "libx32tinfo-dev-dbgsym": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "lib32ncurses5": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "lib32ncursesw5-dev": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "libx32ncursesw5-dev": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "libx32tinfo-dev": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "lib32tinfo5": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "libncurses5-dbg": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "lib32ncursesw5": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "lib32tinfo-dev": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "libtinfo5-dbgsym": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "ncurses-base": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "libx32tinfo5": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "libncursesw5": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "libx32ncurses5-dev": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "ncurses-bin-dbgsym": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "libncursesw5-dbg": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "libtinfo-dev-dbgsym": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "libx32tinfo5-dbgsym": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "lib64tinfo5-dbgsym": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "libncursesw5-dev": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "libncurses5-dev-dbgsym": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "lib64ncurses5-dev-dbgsym": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "libncurses5-dbgsym": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "libx32ncurses5": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "lib64ncurses5-dbgsym": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "libncurses5-dev": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "libncursesw5-dbgsym": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "lib32ncursesw5-dev-dbgsym": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "libx32ncursesw5-dbgsym": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "lib32tinfo5-dbgsym": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "ncurses-examples": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "ncurses-doc": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "ncurses-examples-dbgsym": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "lib32ncurses5-dbgsym": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "libtinfo5-dbg": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "libtinfo5": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "ncurses-term": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "lib64tinfo5": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "lib32tinfo-dev-dbgsym": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "libncursesw5-dev-dbgsym": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "ncurses-bin": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "libx32ncursesw5-dev-dbgsym": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "lib32ncurses5-dev-dbgsym": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "libtinfo-dev": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "lib64ncurses5-dev": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "lib64ncurses5": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "lib32ncurses5-dev": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2",
            "libx32ncurses5-dbgsym": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / ncurses

Package

Name: ncurses
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/ncurses@6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04?arch=src?distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04

Affected versions

6.*

6.0+20160625-1ubuntu1

6.0+20171125-1ubuntu1

6.1-1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific

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    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "ubuntu_priority": "negligible",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "libncurses5": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04",
            "libtinfo5-udeb": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04",
            "libx32ncursesw5": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04",
            "lib32ncursesw5-dbgsym": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04",
            "lib32ncurses5": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04",
            "lib32ncursesw5-dev": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04",
            "libx32ncursesw5-dev": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04",
            "libx32tinfo-dev": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04",
            "lib32tinfo5": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04",
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            "lib32tinfo-dev": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04",
            "libx32tinfo5": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04",
            "ncurses-base": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04",
            "libncursesw5": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04",
            "libx32ncurses5-dev": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04",
            "ncurses-bin-dbgsym": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04",
            "libncursesw5-dbg": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04",
            "libx32tinfo5-dbgsym": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04",
            "lib64tinfo5-dbgsym": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04",
            "libncursesw5-dev": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04",
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}