CVE-2017-13728 - There is an infinite loop in the next_char function in comp_scan.c in ncurses 6.0, related to libtic

CVE-2017-13728

Summary

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.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1484274
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-13
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E

Vulnerable Configurations

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:ncurses:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:ncurses:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS

Base:	4.3 (as of 29-06-2021 - 15:15)
Impact:
Exploitability:

CWE

CWE-835

CAPEC

Access

Vector	Complexity	Authentication
NETWORK	MEDIUM	NONE

Impact

Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
NONE	NONE	PARTIAL

cvss-vector via4

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

refmap via4

gentoo	GLSA-201804-13
misc	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1484274

Last major update

29-06-2021 - 15:15

Published

29-08-2017 - 06:29

Last modified

29-06-2021 - 15:15