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DEBIAN-CVE-2018-19217
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. N...
Original description
The description as published by the source.
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: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV
Affected packages
Debian:12
ncurses
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.0+20170701-1"}]}]
Debian:13
ncurses
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.0+20170701-1"}]}]
Debian:14
ncurses
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.0+20170701-1"}]}]
References
- advisory security-tracker.debian.org