CVE-2017-13729 Denial of service in n/a
An illegal address access in the ncurses library allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted input.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2017-13729?
CVE-2017-13729 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 29 Aug 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
There is an illegal address access in the _nc_save_str function in alloc_entry.c in ncurses 6.0. It will lead to a remote denial of service attack.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-13729?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Invisible-Island Ncurses.
How do I fix CVE-2017-13729?
Apply the vendor's patch.
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-2017-13729 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-13729 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2017-13729, DEBIAN-CVE-2017-13729, GHSA-rw7r-p3xc-j3x9, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-13729.