MGASA-2018-0299

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    MGASA-2018-0299

    Published: 1 Jul 2018Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-10754

    Summary: Updated ncurses packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: A flaw was found in ncurses before 6.1.20180414 where a NULL Pointer Dereference in the _nc_parse_entry function of tinfo/parse_entry.c could lead to a remote denial of service if the terminfo library code is used to process untrusted terminfo data in which a use-name is invalid syntax (CVE-2018-10754).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0299.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23135, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1576119

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ncurses

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/ncurses?arch=source&distro=mageia-6

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -6.0-8.3.mga6

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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