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Alpine: multiple libformw packages, multiple ncurses packages: security update to 6.0_p20171125-r0

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 424192

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Stack-based buffer overflow in the _nc_write_entry function in tinfo/write_entry.c in ncurses 6.0 allows
 attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a
 crafted terminfo file, as demonstrated by tic. (CVE-2017-16879)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-16879

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 424192

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

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: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-16879

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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: 11/22/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-16879