CVE-2019-17595

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Summary

CVECVE-2019-17595
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-10-14 21:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-02-08 20:52:00 UTC
DescriptionThere is a heap-based buffer over-read in the fmt_entry function in tinfo/comp_hash.c in the terminfo library in ncurses before 6.1-20191012.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-125

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Ncurses All All All All
Application Gnu Ncurses All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.0 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.0 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:2551-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
ANN: ncurses-6.1-20191012 MISC lists.gnu.org Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:2550-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
ncurses: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202101-28) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Bug: heap-buffer-overflow in function fmt_entry MISC lists.gnu.org Exploit, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159513 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for ncurses (ELSA-2021-4426)
  • 199358 Ubuntu Security Notification for ncurses Vulnerabilities (USN-6099-1)
  • 239844 Red Hat Update for ncurses (RHSA-2021:4426)
  • 296078 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 16.4.0 Missing (CPUOCT2019)
  • 591406 Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU GNU/Linux subsystem Multiple Vulnerabilities (SSB-439005, ICSA-22-104-13)
  • 671124 EulerOS Security Update for ncurses (EulerOS-SA-2019-2634)
  • 940026 AlmaLinux Security Update for ncurses (ALSA-2021:4426)
  • 960306 Rocky Linux Security Update for ncurses (RLSA-2021:4426)
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