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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : ncurses vulnerabilities (USN-5448-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 161634

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5448-1 advisory.

 - 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 a format string vulnerability in the fmt_entry function. A crafted input will lead to a remote arbitrary code execution attack. (CVE-2017-10685)

 - 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)

 - 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. (CVE-2017-13729)

 - There is an illegal address access in the function _nc_read_entry_source() in progs/tic.c in ncurses 6.0 that might lead to a remote denial of service attack. (CVE-2017-13730)

 - There is an illegal address access in the function postprocess_termcap() in parse_entry.c in ncurses 6.0 that will lead to a remote denial of service attack. (CVE-2017-13731)

 - There is an illegal address access in the function dump_uses() in progs/dump_entry.c in ncurses 6.0 that might lead to a remote denial of service attack. (CVE-2017-13732)

 - There is an illegal address access in the fmt_entry function in progs/dump_entry.c in ncurses 6.0 that might lead to a remote denial of service attack. (CVE-2017-13733)

 - There is an illegal address access in the _nc_safe_strcat function in strings.c in ncurses 6.0 that will lead to a remote denial of service attack. (CVE-2017-13734)

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5448-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 161634

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5448-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/27/2022

Updated: 7/10/2023

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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-2017-10685

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

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libx32ncursesw5-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:lib32ncursesw5-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ncurses-base, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libx32ncursesw5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libx32tinfo5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:lib32ncurses5-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:lib32ncursesw5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libncursesw5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libncurses5-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libncursesw5-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libx32ncurses5, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libtinfo-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libx32ncurses5-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ncurses-bin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:lib32tinfo-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:lib32tinfo5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:lib64tinfo5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ncurses-examples, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libtinfo5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libncurses5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ncurses-term, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:lib32ncurses5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libx32tinfo-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:lib64ncurses5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:lib64ncurses5-dev

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/26/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/29/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-10684, CVE-2017-10685, 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

USN: 5448-1