Oval Definition:
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201713731000
Revision Date
:
2017-08-29
Version
:
1
Title
:
CVE-2017-13731 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - negligible.
Description
:
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.
Family
:
unix
Class
:
vulnerability
Status
:
Reference(s)
:
CVE-2017-13731
Platform(s)
:
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Product(s)
:
Definition Synopsis
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
AND
The 'ncurses' package in xenial is affected and needs fixing.
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