Out-of-Bounds Affecting ncurses-libs package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-NCURSESLIBS-1939653
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 12 Nov 2018
Introduced: 12 Nov 2018
CVE-2018-19217 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for Centos:8
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: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