Vigil@nce - ncurses: out-of-bounds memory reading via fmt_entry
January 2020 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/?langue=2
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: openSUSE Leap, Solaris, SUSE Linux Enterprise
Desktop, SLES.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: data reading, denial of service on client.
Provenance: document.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 19/11/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can force a read at an invalid address via fmt_entry()
of ncurses, in order to trigger a denial of service, or to obtain
sensitive information.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/ncurses-out-of-bounds-memory-reading-via-fmt-entry-30902