ncmpc through 0.29 is prone to a NULL pointer dereference flaw. If a user uses the chat screen and another client sends a long chat message, a crash and denial of service could occur.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - ncmpc through 0.29 is prone to a NULL pointer dereference flaw. If a user uses the chat screen and another     client sends a long chat message, a crash and denial of service could occur. (CVE-2018-9240)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4507-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that ncmpc incorrectly handled long chat messages. A remote attacker could possibly     exploit this with a crafted chat message, causing ncmpc to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
    (CVE-2018-9240)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

It has been discovered a NULL pointer dereference could happen in ncmpc, an ncurses-based audio player. This could result in a crash and a denial of service.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', this problem has been fixed in version 0.24-1+deb8u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your ncmpc packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
253942	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2018-9240	Nessus	Misc.	high
140644	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : ncmpc vulnerability (USN-4507-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
135978	Debian DLA-2186-1 : ncmpc security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high

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