Bug 47559 - ncurses: Multiple issues (4.2)
ncurses: Multiple issues (4.2)
Status: CLOSED FIXED
Product: UCS
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Security updates
UCS 4.2
All Linux
: P3 normal (vote)
: UCS 4.2-4-errata
Assigned To: Quality Assurance
Philipp Hahn
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Reported: 2018-08-09 12:26 CEST by Quality Assurance
Modified: 2018-08-15 16:20 CEST (History)
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Max CVSS v3 score: 2.5 (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)


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Description Quality Assurance univentionstaff 2018-08-09 12:26:50 CEST
New Debian ncurses 5.9+20140913-1+deb8u3 fixes:
This update addresses the following issue(s):
* 
* 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. (CVE-2017-16879)
CVE_2018-10754 is open

5.9+20140913-1+deb8u3 (Thu, 28 Dec 2017 11:14:57 +0100) * Cherry-pick upstream fix from the 20171125 patchlevel to fix a buffer overflow in the _nc_write_entry function (CVE-2017-16879,.
* CVE-2017-16879 ncurses: Stack-based buffer overflow in the _nc_write_entry function (CVE-2017-16879)
Comment 1 Quality Assurance univentionstaff 2018-08-09 18:46:39 CEST
--- mirror/ftp/4.2/unmaintained/4.2-4/source/ncurses_5.9+20140913-1+deb8u2.dsc
+++ apt/ucs_4.2-0-errata4.2-4/source/ncurses_5.9+20140913-1+deb8u3.dsc
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+5.9+20140913-1+deb8u3 [Thu, 28 Dec 2017 11:14:57 +0100] Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de>:
+
+  * Cherry-pick upstream fix from the 20171125 patchlevel to fix
+    a buffer overflow in the _nc_write_entry function
+    (CVE-2017-16879, Closes: #882620).
+
 5.9+20140913-1+deb8u2 [Sun, 03 Dec 2017 11:20:45 +0100] Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de>:
 
   * Re-upload with no changes to work around #826161.

<http://10.200.17.11/4.2-4/#2536759237888774883>
Comment 2 Philipp Hahn univentionstaff 2018-08-10 11:47:40 CEST
OK: yaml
OK: errata-announce
OK: patch
OK: piuparts

[4.2-4] ff0b25afc6 Bug #47559: ncurses 5.9+20140913-1+deb8u3
 doc/errata/staging/ncurses.yaml | 10 +++-------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

[4.2-4] 6f2d8479c0 Bug #47559: ncurses 5.9+20140913-1+deb8u3
 doc/errata/staging/ncurses.yaml | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)
Comment 3 Arvid Requate univentionstaff 2018-08-15 16:20:49 CEST
<http://errata.software-univention.de/ucs/4.2/469.html>