| Name | CVE-2018-19217 |
| Description | In ncurses, possibly a 6.x version, there is a NULL pointer dereference at the function _nc_name_match that will lead to a denial of service attack. NOTE: the original report stated version 6.1, but the issue did not reproduce for that version according to the maintainer or a reliable third-party |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ncurses (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 5.9+20140913-1+deb8u6 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 6.0+20161126-1+deb9u5 | fixed | |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 6.1+20181013-2+deb10u5 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 6.2+20201114-2+deb11u2 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 6.4-4 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 6.5-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ncurses | source | jessie | 5.9+20140913-1+deb8u1 | |||
| ncurses | source | stretch | 6.0+20161126-1+deb9u1 | |||
| ncurses | source | (unstable) | 6.0+20170701-1 |
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1643753
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2019-04/msg00020.html
[wheezy] - ncurses <ignored> (Minor issue)