NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting ncurses-libs package, versions *
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- published26 Jul 2021
- disclosed24 Jun 2017
Introduced: 24 Jun 2017
CVE-2017-11113 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for Centos:7 ncurses-libs.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ncurses-libs package and not the ncurses-libs package as distributed by Centos.
See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.
In ncurses 6.0, there is a NULL Pointer Dereference in the _nc_parse_entry function of tinfo/parse_entry.c. It could lead to a remote denial of service attack if the terminfo library code is used to process untrusted terminfo data.