Out-of-bounds Read Affecting ncurses-libs package, versions <0:6.1-9.20180224.el8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.22% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-NCURSESLIBS-2596868
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed14 Oct 2019

Introduced: 14 Oct 2019

CVE-2019-17595  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 ncurses-libs to version 0:6.1-9.20180224.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2021-4426.

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 Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the fmt_entry function in tinfo/comp_hash.c in the terminfo library in ncurses before 6.1-20191012.

CVSS Base Scores

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