USN-4507-1

It was discovered that ncmpc incorrectly handled long chat messages. A remote attacker could possibly exploit this with a crafted chat message, causing ncmpc to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2018-9240)

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / ncmpc

Package

Name: ncmpc
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/ncmpc@0.24-1+deb8u1build0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

0.24-1+deb8u1build0.16.04.1

Affected versions

0.*

0.24-1

0.24-1build1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "ncmpc",
            "binary_version": "0.24-1+deb8u1build0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ncmpc-lyrics",
            "binary_version": "0.24-1+deb8u1build0.16.04.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4507-1.json"

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2018-9240"
        }
    ]
}