UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11113

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-11113
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11113.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11113
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Published
2017-07-08T17:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:44:19Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - negligible
Summary
[none]
Details

In ncurses 6.0, there is a NULL Pointer Dereference in the ncparseentry function of tinfo/parseentry.c. It could lead to a remote denial of service attack if the terminfo library code is used to process untrusted terminfo data.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / ncurses

Package

Name
ncurses
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ncurses@5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm1

Affected versions

5.*

5.9+20130608-1ubuntu1
5.9+20131221-1ubuntu1
5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "lib32ncurses5",
            "binary_version": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lib32ncurses5-dev",
            "binary_version": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lib32ncursesw5",
            "binary_version": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lib32ncursesw5-dev",
            "binary_version": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lib32tinfo-dev",
            "binary_version": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lib32tinfo5",
            "binary_version": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lib64ncurses5",
            "binary_version": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lib64ncurses5-dev",
            "binary_version": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lib64tinfo5",
            "binary_version": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libncurses5",
            "binary_version": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libncurses5-dev",
            "binary_version": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libncursesw5",
            "binary_version": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libncursesw5-dev",
            "binary_version": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtinfo-dev",
            "binary_version": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtinfo5",
            "binary_version": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libx32ncurses5",
            "binary_version": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libx32ncurses5-dev",
            "binary_version": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libx32ncursesw5",
            "binary_version": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libx32ncursesw5-dev",
            "binary_version": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libx32tinfo-dev",
            "binary_version": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libx32tinfo5",
            "binary_version": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ncurses-base",
            "binary_version": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ncurses-bin",
            "binary_version": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ncurses-examples",
            "binary_version": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ncurses-term",
            "binary_version": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / ncurses

Package

Name
ncurses
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ncurses@6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm1

Affected versions

5.*

5.9+20150516-2ubuntu1

6.*

6.0+20151024-2ubuntu1
6.0+20151024-2ubuntu2
6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "lib32ncurses5",
            "binary_version": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lib32ncurses5-dev",
            "binary_version": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lib32ncursesw5",
            "binary_version": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lib32ncursesw5-dev",
            "binary_version": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lib32tinfo-dev",
            "binary_version": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lib32tinfo5",
            "binary_version": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lib64ncurses5",
            "binary_version": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lib64ncurses5-dev",
            "binary_version": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lib64tinfo5",
            "binary_version": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libncurses5",
            "binary_version": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libncurses5-dev",
            "binary_version": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libncursesw5",
            "binary_version": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libncursesw5-dev",
            "binary_version": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtinfo-dev",
            "binary_version": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libtinfo5",
            "binary_version": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libx32ncurses5",
            "binary_version": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libx32ncurses5-dev",
            "binary_version": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libx32ncursesw5",
            "binary_version": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libx32ncursesw5-dev",
            "binary_version": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libx32tinfo-dev",
            "binary_version": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libx32tinfo5",
            "binary_version": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ncurses-base",
            "binary_version": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ncurses-bin",
            "binary_version": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ncurses-examples",
            "binary_version": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ncurses-term",
            "binary_version": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        }
    ]
}