Out-of-bounds Write Affecting ncurses package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.84% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN9-NCURSES-1655742
  • published 21 Sep 2021
  • disclosed 20 Sep 2021

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:9 ncurses.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ncurses package and not the ncurses package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in ncurses through v6.2-1. _nc_captoinfo in captoinfo.c has a heap-based buffer overflow.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

8.8 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High
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SUSE

6.2 medium
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Red Hat

5.5 medium