Out-of-Bounds Affecting ncurses-base package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.22% (62nd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-NCURSESBASE-1976134
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 23 Aug 2017

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:7 ncurses-base.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ncurses-base package and not the ncurses-base package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

There is an illegal address access in the fmt_entry function in progs/dump_entry.c in ncurses 6.0 that might lead to a remote denial of service attack.