CVE-2018-19211 - In ncurses 6.1, there is a NULL pointer dereference at function _nc_parse_entry in parse_entry.c tha

CVE-2018-19211

Summary

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.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1643754

Vulnerable Configurations

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:ncurses:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:ncurses:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS

Base:	4.3 (as of 23-04-2019 - 13:15)
Impact:
Exploitability:

CWE

CWE-476

CAPEC

Access

Vector	Complexity	Authentication
NETWORK	MEDIUM	NONE

Impact

Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
NONE	NONE	PARTIAL

cvss-vector via4

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

refmap via4

misc

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1643754

Last major update

23-04-2019 - 13:15

Published

12-11-2018 - 19:29

Last modified

23-04-2019 - 13:15