Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Chassis Management Module (CMM) has addressed the following vulnerabilities in Ncurses.
Vulnerability Details
Summary
IBM Chassis Management Module (CMM) has addressed the following vulnerabilities in Ncurses.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2017-13731
Description: Ncurses is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an illegal address access in the postprocess_termcap function in parse_entry.c. By using a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 3.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/131059
for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
CVEID: CVE-2017-13730
Description: Ncurses is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an illegal address access in the _nc_read_entry_source function in progs/tic.c. By using a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 3.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/131057
for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
CVEID: CVE-2017-16879
Description: Ncurses is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by stack-based buffer overflow in the _nc_write_entry function in tinfo/write_entry.c. By persuading a victim to open a specially crafted terminfo file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code.
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/135309
for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
CVEID: CVE-2017-13733
Description: Ncurses is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an illegal address access in the fmt_entry function in progs/dump_entry.c. By using a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 3.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/131061
for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
CVEID: CVE-2017-13732
Description: Ncurses is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an illegal address access in the dump_uses function in progs/dump_entry.c. By using a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 3.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/131060
for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
CVEID: CVE-2017-13729
Description: Ncurses is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an illegal address access in the _nc_save_str function in alloc_entry.c. By using a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base Score: 3.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/131056
for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
CVEID: CVE-2017-13728
Description: GNU ncurses is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error in the next_char function in comp_scan.c. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted file, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to enter into an infinite loop.
CVSS Base Score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/131172
for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
| Product | Affected Version |
|---|---|
| IBM Chassis Management Module (CMM) | 2PET |
Remediation/Fixes
Firmware fix versions are available on Fix Central:
http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/.
| Product | Fix Version |
|---|---|
| IBM Chassis Management Module (CMM) (ibm_fw_cmm_2pet16b-2.5.11b_anyos_noarch) |
2PET16B - 2.5.11b |
Workaround(s) & Mitigation(s)
None
References
Related Information
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Acknowledgement
None
Change History
16 March 2018: Original Copy Published
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Modified date:
30 January 2019
UID
ibm1MIGR-5099778