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


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (26th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-NCURSESSTATIC-1379579
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed28 Oct 2018

Introduced: 28 Oct 2018

CVE-2018-19211  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 ncurses-static.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ncurses-static package and not the ncurses-static package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

In ncurses 6.1, there is a NULL pointer dereference at function _nc_parse_entry in parse_entry.c that will lead to a denial of service attack. The product proceeds to the dereference code path even after a "dubious character `*' in name or alias field" detection.