CVE-2017-11112 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause a denial of service in applications using ncurses by providing malicious terminfo data.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2017-11112?
CVE-2017-11112 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 8 Jul 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In ncurses 6.0, there is an attempted 0xffffffffffffffff access in the append_acs function of tinfo/parse_entry.c. It could lead to a remote denial of service attack if the terminfo library code is used to process untrusted terminfo data.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-11112?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Invisible-Island Ncurses.
How do I fix CVE-2017-11112?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2017-11112 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-11112 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2017-11112, DEBIAN-CVE-2017-11112, GHSA-j828-53qv-9v8f, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11112.