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


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on CentOS security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.06% (25th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-NCURSESBASE-1990176
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 28 Oct 2018

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.

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.