Vulnerability
Official source
CVE-2018-19211: 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 chara
EudorIA operational summary
Priority 45/100
What it means
NIST National Vulnerability Database ha pubblicato CVE-2018-19211. La rilevanza va confermata rispetto alle tecnologie effettivamente in uso.
Why it matters
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Recommended actions
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AudienceITSOCCISO
Information centre
NIST National Vulnerability DatabaseTranslation in progress
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Text acquired from the source
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.
- Source
- NIST National Vulnerability Database
- Publishing entity
- NIST National Vulnerability Database
- Entity type
- National authority
- Area
- North America · US
- Original language
- en · translation in preparation
- Publication
- 12/11/2018 20:29
- CVE
- CVE-2018-19211
- Classification
- Medium
- Stated country
- US
Technical scope
Verification in progress
Affected products and versions
Information not yet acquired.
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