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Debian Security Advisory DSA 113-1 (ncurses)

🗓️ 17 Jan 2008 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2008 E-Soft Inc.Type 
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Debian Security Advisory DSA 113-1 (ncurses) addresses a missed buffer overflow fix in the 'ncurses' library, potentially leading to crashes in large windows when using ncurses applications

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 E-Soft Inc.
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.53842");
  script_version("2023-07-19T05:05:15+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-19 05:05:15 +0000 (Wed, 19 Jul 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-01-17 22:24:46 +0100 (Thu, 17 Jan 2008)");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2002-0062");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.2");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_name("Debian Security Advisory DSA 113-1 (ncurses)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 E-Soft Inc.");
  script_family("Debian Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/debian_linux", "ssh/login/packages", re:"ssh/login/release=DEB2\.2");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20113-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2116");
  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Several buffer overflows were fixed in the 'ncurses' library in November
2000.  Unfortunately, one was missed.  This can lead to crashes when using
ncurses applications in large windows.

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project has
assigned the name CVE-2002-0062 to this issue.

This problem has been fixed for the stable release of Debian in version
5.0-6.0potato2.  The testing and unstable releases contain ncurses 5.2,
which is not affected by this problem.

There are no known exploits for this problem, but we recommend that all
users upgrade ncurses immediately.");
  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update to ncurses
announced via advisory DSA 113-1.");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");

res = "";
report = "";
if((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"ncurses-base", ver:"5.0-6.0potato2", rls:"DEB2.2")) != NULL) {
  report += res;
}
if((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"ncurses-term", ver:"5.0-6.0potato2", rls:"DEB2.2")) != NULL) {
  report += res;
}
if((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libncurses5-dbg", ver:"5.0-6.0potato2", rls:"DEB2.2")) != NULL) {
  report += res;
}
if((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libncurses5-dev", ver:"5.0-6.0potato2", rls:"DEB2.2")) != NULL) {
  report += res;
}
if((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libncurses5", ver:"5.0-6.0potato2", rls:"DEB2.2")) != NULL) {
  report += res;
}
if((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"ncurses-bin", ver:"5.0-6.0potato2", rls:"DEB2.2")) != NULL) {
  report += res;
}

if(report != "") {
  security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
  exit(99);
}

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19 Jul 2023 00:00Current
7.1High risk
Vulners AI Score7.1
CVSS 27.2
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