Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:2017168790000000
Revision Date:2017-11-22Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-16879 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - negligible.
Description: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.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-16879
Platform(s):Ubuntu 18.10
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) is installed.
  • AND ncurses package in cosmic, is related to the CVE in some way and has been fixed (note: '6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04').
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