CVE-2018-19211

2018-11-1200:00:00

ubuntu.com

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

22.6%

JSON

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.

Notes

Author	Note
sbeattie	noted elsewhere that this is the same issue as CVE-2018-10754

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu18.04noarchncurses< 6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04UNKNOWN
ubuntu14.04noarchncurses< 5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2) Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-onlyUNKNOWN
ubuntu16.04noarchncurses< 6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2) Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-onlyUNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
ubuntu	18.04	noarch	ncurses	< 6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	14.04	noarch	ncurses	< 5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2) Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	16.04	noarch	ncurses	< 6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2) Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only	UNKNOWN