ncurses Crate up to 5.99.0 on Rust printw Argument format string

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in ncurses Crate up to 5.99.0 on Rust. This affects the function printw. The manipulation as part of Argument leads to format string. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2019-15547. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability was found in ncurses Crate up to 5.99.0 on Rust (Rust Package). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects the function printw. The manipulation as part of a Argument leads to a format string vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-134. The product uses a function that accepts a format string as an argument, but the format string originates from an external source. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in the ncurses crate through 5.99.0 for Rust. There are format string issues in printw functions because C format arguments are mishandled.

The weakness was presented 08/26/2019. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-15547 since 08/25/2019. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Type

• Rust Package

Name

• ncurses Crate

Version

• 5.0
• 5.1
• 5.2
• 5.3
• 5.4
• 5.5
• 5.6
• 5.7
• 5.8
• 5.9
• 5.10
• 5.11
• 5.12
• 5.13
• 5.14
• 5.15
• 5.16
• 5.17
• 5.18
• 5.19
• 5.20
• 5.21
• 5.22
• 5.23
• 5.24
• 5.25
• 5.26
• 5.27
• 5.28
• 5.29
• 5.30
• 5.31
• 5.32
• 5.33
• 5.34
• 5.35
• 5.36
• 5.37
• 5.38
• 5.39
• 5.40
• 5.41
• 5.42
• 5.43
• 5.44
• 5.45
• 5.46
• 5.47
• 5.48
• 5.49
• 5.50
• 5.51
• 5.52
• 5.53
• 5.54
• 5.55
• 5.56
• 5.57
• 5.58
• 5.59
• 5.60
• 5.61
• 5.62
• 5.63
• 5.64
• 5.65
• 5.66
• 5.67
• 5.68
• 5.69
• 5.70
• 5.71
• 5.72
• 5.73
• 5.74
• 5.75
• 5.76
• 5.77
• 5.78
• 5.79
• 5.80
• 5.81
• 5.82
• 5.83
• 5.84
• 5.85
• 5.86
• 5.87
• 5.88
• 5.89
• 5.90
• 5.91
• 5.92
• 5.93
• 5.94
• 5.95
• 5.96
• 5.97
• 5.98
• 5.99.0

License

• open-source

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