Out-of-Bounds Affecting ncurses-base package, versions <0:6.1-9.20180224.el8
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-NCURSESBASE-2147053
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 11 Oct 2019
How to fix?
Upgrade Centos:8 ncurses-base to version 0:6.1-9.20180224.el8 or higher.
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:8.
See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the _nc_find_entry function in tinfo/comp_hash.c in the terminfo library in ncurses before 6.1-20191012.