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HistoryMar 07, 2024 - 12:00 a.m.

ncurses vulnerability

2024-03-0700:00:00
ubuntu.com
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ubuntu esm
ncurses
shared libraries
terminal handling
segmentation fault
denial of service
system crash
vulnerability

6.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

6.7 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

20.5%

Releases

  • Ubuntu 18.04 ESM
  • Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
  • Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

Packages

  • ncurses - shared libraries for terminal handling

Details

It was discovered that ncurses incorrectly handled certain function return
values, possibly leading to segmentation fault. A local attacker could possibly
use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Ubuntu18.04noarchlib32ncurses5< 6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1+esm2UNKNOWN
Ubuntu18.04noarchlib32ncurses5< 6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu18.04noarchlib32ncurses5-dbgsym< 6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu18.04noarchlib32ncurses5-dev< 6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu18.04noarchlib32ncursesw5< 6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu18.04noarchlib32ncursesw5-dbgsym< 6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu18.04noarchlib32ncursesw5-dev< 6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu18.04noarchlib32tinfo-dev< 6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu18.04noarchlib32tinfo5< 6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu18.04noarchlib32tinfo5-dbgsym< 6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1UNKNOWN
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6.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

6.7 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

20.5%