Debian Security Bug TrackerDEBIANCVE:CVE-2018-19211CVE-2018-19211
5.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
4.3 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
22.3%
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.
| OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | 12 | all | ncurses | < 6.1+20180210-3 | ncurses_6.1+20180210-3_all.deb |
| Debian | 11 | all | ncurses | < 6.1+20180210-3 | ncurses_6.1+20180210-3_all.deb |
| Debian | 10 | all | ncurses | < 6.1+20180210-3 | ncurses_6.1+20180210-3_all.deb |
| Debian | 999 | all | ncurses | < 6.1+20180210-3 | ncurses_6.1+20180210-3_all.deb |
| Debian | 13 | all | ncurses | < 6.1+20180210-3 | ncurses_6.1+20180210-3_all.deb |
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5.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
4.3 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
22.3%