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


low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High
    User Interaction Required
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.08% (35th percentile)
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NVD
6.5 medium
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Red Hat
4.7 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-NCURSESBASE-1939526
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 12 Nov 2018

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:8 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:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

In ncurses, possibly a 6.x version, there is a NULL pointer dereference at the function _nc_name_match that will lead to a denial of service attack. NOTE: the original report stated version 6.1, but the issue did not reproduce for that version according to the maintainer or a reliable third-party