Resource Exhaustion Affecting ncurses-base package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on CentOS security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.05% (21st percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-NCURSESBASE-6124341
  • published 13 Dec 2023
  • disclosed 12 Dec 2023

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.

NCurse v6.4-20230418 was discovered to contain a segmentation fault via the component _nc_wrap_entry().

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

6.5 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    High
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Red Hat

6.5 medium
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SUSE

5.5 medium