vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-5477-1 (CVE-2018-19211): ncurses vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Nov 12, 2018 | Mar 22, 2023 | Nov 15, 2024 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Nov 12, 2018
Added
Mar 22, 2023
Modified
Nov 15, 2024
Description
In ncurses 6.1, there is a NULL pointer dereference at function _nc_parse_entry in parse_entry.c that will lead to a denial of service attack. The product proceeds to the dereference code path even after a "dubious character `*' in name or alias field" detection.
Solution(s)
ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libncurses5ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libtinfo5ubuntu-pro-upgrade-ncurses-bin
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