In ncurses 6.0, there is a NULL Pointer Dereference in the _nc_parse_entry function of tinfo/parse_entry.c. It could lead to a remote denial of service attack if the terminfo library code is used to process untrusted terminfo data.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 7.5
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade ncurses | Oct 25, 2017 | Jul 8, 2017 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade ncurses-compat-libsUpgrade ncurses-staticUpgrade ncurses-develUpgrade ncurses-libsUpgrade ncurses-termUpgrade ncurses-c++-libsUpgrade ncursesUpgrade ncurses-debuginfoUpgrade ncurses-base | Apr 27, 2020 | Jul 8, 2017 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade ncurses | Jul 30, 2024 | Jul 8, 2017 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade sys-libs/ncurses. | Apr 18, 2018 | Jul 8, 2017 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade ncurses-develUpgrade ncursesUpgrade ncurses-baseUpgrade ncurses-termUpgrade ncurses-libs | Dec 4, 2019 | Jul 8, 2017 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade entire/ to version 11.4-11.4.0.0.1.15.0 on Solaris 11.4 | Oct 19, 2018 | Jul 8, 2017 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Jun 24, 2017 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libncurses6-32bitUpgrade sles12-docker-imageUpgrade ncurses-devel-32bitUpgrade libncurses6-x86Upgrade sles12sp2-docker-imageUpgrade ncurses-utilsUpgrade terminfoUpgrade libncurses5-32bitUpgrade tackUpgrade sles12sp1-docker-imageUpgrade libncurses5-x86Upgrade terminfo-baseUpgrade libncurses5Upgrade ncurses-develUpgrade libncurses6 | Aug 7, 2017 | Jul 8, 2017 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade ncurses-bin (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libncurses5 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade lib32ncurses5 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libncursesw5 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libtinfo5 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade lib64tinfo5 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libx32ncursesw5 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade ncurses-base (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libx32ncurses5 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade lib32ncursesw5 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade lib32tinfo5 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade lib64ncurses5 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade ncurses-term (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade libx32tinfo5 (Ubuntu Pro) | May 27, 2022 | Jul 8, 2017 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Jul 8, 2017 |
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