Microsoft advisory for CVE-2018-19217 — azl3 ncurses
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Microsoft's advisory
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🎯 Affected products2
- azl3 ncurses 6.4-2 on Azure Linux 3.0
- azl3 ncurses 6.4-3 on Azure Linux 3.0
🧭 EchelonGraph on CVE-2018-19217
- EchelonGraph score
- 6.5 MEDIUM
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Fix status
- A fix is available — apply it.
Description from the CVE record (CVE.org), as published by its numbering authority
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
Published by MITRE Corporation, the CVE Numbering Authority that assigned CVE-2018-19217, in its CVE record at CVE.org; reused under the CVE Program's Terms of Use (its licence and MITRE's copyright notice are in our Terms of Service).