Alpine: multiple libformw packages, multiple ncurses packages: security update to 6.0_p20170701-r0

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 424189

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities referenced in the following CVEs:

- In ncurses 6.0, there is a stack-based buffer overflow in the fmt_entry function. A crafted input will
lead to a remote arbitrary code execution attack. (CVE-2017-10684)

- 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. (CVE-2017-11112)

- In ncurses 6.0, there is a NULL Pointer Dereference in the _nc_parse_entry 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. (CVE-2017-11113)

- 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. (CVE-2017-13728)

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 424189

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 4/4/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-10684

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/29/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-10684, CVE-2017-11112, CVE-2017-11113, CVE-2017-13728, CVE-2017-13729, CVE-2017-13730, CVE-2017-13731, CVE-2017-13732, CVE-2017-13733, CVE-2017-13734

BID: 104599

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