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 character `*' in name or alias field" detection.

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LOW (2.3)

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Tim Bastin detected CVE-2018-19211 with a risk of 2.25
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System detected CVE-2018-19211 with scanner: container-scanning github.com/l3montree-dev/devguard/cmd/devguard-scanner/container-scanning github.com/l3montree-dev/devguard/cmd/devguard-scanner/container-scanning github.com/l3montree-dev/devguard/cmd/devguard-scanner/container-scanning
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System detected CVE-2018-19211 with scanner: container-scanning github.com/l3montree-dev/devguard/cmd/devguard-scanner/container-scanning github.com/l3montree-dev/devguard/cmd/devguard-scanner/container-scanning github.com/l3montree-dev/devguard/cmd/devguard-scanner/container-scanning github.com/l3montree-dev/devguard/cmd/devguard-scanner/container-scanning github.com/l3montree-dev/devguard/cmd/devguard-scanner/container-scanning github.com/l3montree-dev/devguard/cmd/devguard-scanner/container-scanning github.com/l3montree-dev/devguard/cmd/devguard-scanner/container-scanning
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System detected CVE-2018-19211 with scanner: container-scanning github.com/l3montree-dev/devguard/cmd/devguard-scanner/container-scanning github.com/l3montree-dev/devguard/cmd/devguard-scanner/container-scanning github.com/l3montree-dev/devguard/cmd/devguard-scanner/container-scanning github.com/l3montree-dev/devguard/cmd/devguard-scanner/container-scanning github.com/l3montree-dev/devguard/cmd/devguard-scanner/container-scanning github.com/l3montree-dev/devguard/cmd/devguard-scanner/container-scanning github.com/l3montree-dev/devguard/cmd/devguard-scanner/container-scanning
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System detected CVE-2018-19211 with scanner: container-scanning github.com/l3montree-dev/devguard/cmd/devguard-scanner/container-scanning github.com/l3montree-dev/devguard/cmd/devguard-scanner/container-scanning github.com/l3montree-dev/devguard/cmd/devguard-scanner/container-scanning github.com/l3montree-dev/devguard/cmd/devguard-scanner/container-scanning github.com/l3montree-dev/devguard/cmd/devguard-scanner/container-scanning github.com/l3montree-dev/devguard/cmd/devguard-scanner/container-scanning github.com/l3montree-dev/devguard/cmd/devguard-scanner/container-scanning
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Affected component

debian/ncurses

Installed version:

6.4

Fixed in:

6.1+20180210-3

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