NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting ncurses package, versions *


0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.06% (22nd percentile)
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NVD
5.5 medium
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SUSE
3.3 low
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Red Hat
4.7 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN8-NCURSES-343146
  • published 12 Nov 2018
  • disclosed 12 Nov 2018

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:8 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:8 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.