SUSE-SU-2018:4000-1

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    SUSE-SU-2018:4000-1

    Published: 6 Dec 2018Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-19211

    Summary: Security update for ncurses

    Details: This update for ncurses fixes the following issues: Security issue fixed: - CVE-2018-19211: Fixed denial of service issue that was triggered by a NULL pointer dereference at function _nc_parse_entry (bsc#1115929). Non-security issue fixed: - Remove scree.xterm from terminfo data base as with this screen uses fallback TERM=screen (bsc#1103320).

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20184000-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1103320, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1115929, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-19211

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ncurses

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/ncurses&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -6.1-5.3.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High