UBUNTU-CVE-2018-19211

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-19211

    Published: 12 Nov 2018Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-19211
    Aliases:
    USN-5477-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-19211, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1643754, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5477-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-19211

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ncurses

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2

    Affected versions

    5.9+20130608-1ubuntu1

    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