CVE-2017-13729

NameCVE-2017-13729
DescriptionThere 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs873723

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
ncurses (PTS)buster6.1+20181013-2+deb10u2fixed
buster (security)6.1+20181013-2+deb10u5fixed
bullseye6.2+20201114-2+deb11u2fixed
bookworm6.4-4fixed
sid, trixie6.4+20240113-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
ncursessourcejessie5.9+20140913-1+deb8u1
ncursessourcestretch6.0+20161126-1+deb9u1
ncursessource(unstable)6.0+20170827-1873723

Notes

[wheezy] - ncurses <ignored> (Minor issue)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1484276

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