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Red Hat: CVE-2019-17594: heap-based buffer overflow in the _nc_find_entry function in tinfo/comp_hash.c (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2019-17594: heap-based buffer overflow in the _nc_find_entry function in tinfo/comp_hash.c (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/14/2019
Created
11/11/2021
Added
11/10/2021
Modified
12/15/2023

Description

There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the _nc_find_entry function in tinfo/comp_hash.c in the terminfo library in ncurses before 6.1-20191012.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-ncurses
  • redhat-upgrade-ncurses-base
  • redhat-upgrade-ncurses-c-libs
  • redhat-upgrade-ncurses-c-libs-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-ncurses-compat-libs
  • redhat-upgrade-ncurses-compat-libs-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-ncurses-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-ncurses-debugsource
  • redhat-upgrade-ncurses-devel
  • redhat-upgrade-ncurses-libs
  • redhat-upgrade-ncurses-libs-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-ncurses-term

References

  • CVE-2019-17594
  • RHSA-2021:4426

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