Executive Summary
This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Informations | |||
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Name | CVE-2017-16879 | First vendor Publication | 2017-11-22 |
Vendor | Cve | Last vendor Modification | 2023-11-07 |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | |||
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Overall CVSS Score | 7.8 | ||
Base Score | 7.8 | Environmental Score | 7.8 |
impact SubScore | 5.9 | Temporal Score | 7.8 |
Exploitabality Sub Score | 1.8 | ||
Attack Vector | Local | Attack Complexity | Low |
Privileges Required | None | User Interaction | Required |
Scope | Unchanged | Confidentiality Impact | High |
Integrity Impact | High | Availability Impact | High |
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | |||
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Cvss Base Score | 6.8 | Attack Range | Network |
Cvss Impact Score | 6.4 | Attack Complexity | Medium |
Cvss Expoit Score | 8.6 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
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. |
Original Source
Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-16879 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
% | Id | Name |
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100 % | CWE-787 | Out-of-bounds Write (CWE/SANS Top 25) |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
Type | Description | Count |
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Application | 1 |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
Date | Description |
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2018-08-17 | Name : The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates. File : PhotonOS_PHSA-2017-0053.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2018-08-17 | Name : The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates. File : PhotonOS_PHSA-2017-1_0-0093.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2018-04-18 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-201804-13.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2018-01-19 | Name : The remote EulerOS host is missing a security update. File : EulerOS_SA-2018-1005.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2018-01-19 | Name : The remote EulerOS host is missing a security update. File : EulerOS_SA-2018-1006.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2017-12-04 | Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates. File : suse_SU-2017-3183-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Sources (Detail)
Alert History
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2023-11-07 21:42:14 |
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2018-10-21 17:19:40 |
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