AZL-40988

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    AZL-40988

    Published: 12 Nov 2018Last Modified: 17 Sept 2026
    Upstream:

    Summary: CVE-2018-19217 affecting package ncurses 6.4-3

    Details: In ncurses, possibly a 6.x version, there is a NULL pointer dereference at the function _nc_name_match that will lead to a denial of service attack. NOTE: the original report stated version 6.1, but the issue did not reproduce for that version according to the maintainer or a reliable third-party

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ncurses

    Purl: pkg:rpm/azure-linux/ncurses

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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    AZL-40988 | CVE-DB