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Out-of-bounds Read Affecting ncurses package, versions <6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1

low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.15% (51st percentile)
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NVD
5.4 medium
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SUSE
4 medium
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Red Hat
5.4 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1804-NCURSES-481908
  • published 15 Oct 2019
  • disclosed 14 Oct 2019
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Introduced: 14 Oct 2019

CVE-2019-17595 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-125 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 ncurses to version 6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ncurses package and not the ncurses package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:18.04 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.