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CVE-2017-13728

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Date: August 29, 2017

There is an infinite loop in the next_char function in comp_scan.c in ncurses 6.0, related to libtic. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack.

Language: C

Severity Score

7.5

Related Resources (4)

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1484274

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-13

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13728

Url: https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2017-13728

Severity Score

7.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Buffer Errors

CWE-119

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version v6.1

CVSS v3

Base Score:	7.5
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privilegs Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.3
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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