CVE-2019-17594
published 2019-10-14CVE-2019-17594: There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the _nc_find_entry function in tinfo/comp_hash.c in the terminfo library in ncurses before 6.1-20191012.
PriorityP419medium5.3CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCLILAL
EPSS
0.54%
41.9th percentile
There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the _nc_find_entry function in tinfo/comp_hash.c in the terminfo library in ncurses before 6.1-20191012.
Affected
15 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | ncurses | < ncurses 6.1+20191019-1 (bookworm) | ncurses 6.1+20191019-1 (bookworm) |
| gnu | ncurses | < 6.2 | 6.2 |
| gnu | ncurses | >= 0 < 6.1+20191019-1 | 6.1+20191019-1 |
| gnu | ncurses | >= 0 < 6.1+20191019-1 | 6.1+20191019-1 |
| gnu | ncurses | >= 0 < 6.1+20191019-1 | 6.1+20191019-1 |
| gnu | ncurses | >= 0 < 6.1+20191019-1 | 6.1+20191019-1 |
| gnu | ncurses | >= 0 < 6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1 | 6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1 |
| gnu | ncurses | >= 0 < 6.2-0ubuntu2.1 | 6.2-0ubuntu2.1 |
| gnu | ncurses | >= 0 < 6.3-2ubuntu0.1 | 6.3-2ubuntu0.1 |
| gnu | ncurses | >= 0 < 5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm3 | 5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm3 |
| gnu | ncurses | >= 0 < 5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2 | 5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2 |
| gnu | ncurses | >= 0 < 6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm3 | 6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm3 |
| gnu | ncurses | >= 0 < 6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2 | 6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2 |
| opensuse | leap | — | — |
| opensuse | leap | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.15.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
nvdv2.04.6MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
osv7.8HIGH
vendor_ubuntu7.8HIGH
vendor_debian5.3LOW
vendor_redhat5.3MEDIUM
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OSV
ncurses vulnerabilities
osv·2023-05-23·CVSS 5.3
CVE-2019-17594 [MEDIUM] ncurses vulnerabilities
ncurses vulnerabilities
It was discovered that ncurses was incorrectly performing bounds
checks when processing invalid hashcodes. An attacker could possibly
use this issue to cause a denial of service or to expose sensitive
information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
(CVE-2019-17594)
It was discovered that ncurses was incorrectly handling
end-of-string characters when processing terminfo and termcap files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of
service or to expose sensitive information. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-17595)
It was discovered that ncurses was incorrectly handling
end-of-string characters when converting between termcap and
terminfo formats. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
a denial of service o
OSV
ncurses vulnerabilities
osv·2022-06-14·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2017-16879 [HIGH] ncurses vulnerabilities
ncurses vulnerabilities
Hosein Askari discovered that ncurses was incorrectly performing
memory management operations when dealing with long filenames while
writing structures into the file system. An attacker could possibly
use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary
code. (CVE-2017-16879)
Chung-Yi Lin discovered that ncurses was incorrectly handling access
to invalid memory areas when parsing terminfo or termcap entries where
the use-name had invalid syntax. An attacker could possibly use this
issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2018-19211)
It was discovered that ncurses was incorrectly performing bounds
checks when processing invalid hashcodes. An attacker could possibly
use this issue to cause a denial of service or to expose sensitive
information. (CVE-201
GHSA
GHSA-wjvh-4293-hh6x: There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the _nc_find_entry function in tinfo/comp_hash
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-24
CVE-2019-17594 [MEDIUM] CWE-125 GHSA-wjvh-4293-hh6x: There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the _nc_find_entry function in tinfo/comp_hash
There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the _nc_find_entry function in tinfo/comp_hash.c in the terminfo library in ncurses before 6.1-20191012.
OSV
CVE-2019-17594: There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the _nc_find_entry function in tinfo/comp_hash
osv·2019-10-14·CVSS 5.3
CVE-2019-17594 [MEDIUM] CVE-2019-17594: There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the _nc_find_entry function in tinfo/comp_hash
There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the _nc_find_entry function in tinfo/comp_hash.c in the terminfo library in ncurses before 6.1-20191012.
Ubuntu
ncurses vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2023-05-23·CVSS 5.3
CVE-2021-39537 [MEDIUM] ncurses vulnerabilities
Title: ncurses vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in ncurses.
It was discovered that ncurses was incorrectly performing bounds
checks when processing invalid hashcodes. An attacker could possibly
use this issue to cause a denial of service or to expose sensitive
information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
(CVE-2019-17594)
It was discovered that ncurses was incorrectly handling
end-of-string characters when processing terminfo and termcap files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of
service or to expose sensitive information. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-17595)
It was discovered that ncurses was incorrectly handling
end-of-string characters when converting between termcap and
terminfo formats. An attac
Ubuntu
ncurses vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2022-06-14·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2017-16879 [HIGH] ncurses vulnerabilities
Title: ncurses vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in ncurses.
Hosein Askari discovered that ncurses was incorrectly performing
memory management operations when dealing with long filenames while
writing structures into the file system. An attacker could possibly
use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary
code. (CVE-2017-16879)
Chung-Yi Lin discovered that ncurses was incorrectly handling access
to invalid memory areas when parsing terminfo or termcap entries where
the use-name had invalid syntax. An attacker could possibly use this
issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2018-19211)
It was discovered that ncurses was incorrectly performing bounds
checks when processing invalid hashcodes. An attacker could possibly
use this issue to cause
Red Hat
ncurses: heap-based buffer overflow in the _nc_find_entry function in tinfo/comp_hash.c
vendor_redhat·2019-10-11·CVSS 5.3
CVE-2019-17594 [MEDIUM] CWE-119 ncurses: heap-based buffer overflow in the _nc_find_entry function in tinfo/comp_hash.c
ncurses: heap-based buffer overflow in the _nc_find_entry function in tinfo/comp_hash.c
There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the _nc_find_entry function in tinfo/comp_hash.c in the terminfo library in ncurses before 6.1-20191012.
Package: ncurses (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5) - Out of support scope
Package: ncurses (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Out of support scope
Package: ncurses (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Will not fix
Debian
CVE-2019-17594: ncurses - There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the _nc_find_entry function in tinfo/c...
vendor_debian·2019·CVSS 5.3
CVE-2019-17594 [MEDIUM] CVE-2019-17594: ncurses - There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the _nc_find_entry function in tinfo/c...
There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the _nc_find_entry function in tinfo/comp_hash.c in the terminfo library in ncurses before 6.1-20191012.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 6.1+20191019-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 6.1+20191019-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 6.1+20191019-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 6.1+20191019-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 6.1+20191019-1)
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-17594 ncurses: heap-based buffer overflow in the _nc_find_entry function in tinfo/comp_hash.c [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2019-10-29·CVSS 5.3
CVE-2019-17594 [MEDIUM] CVE-2019-17594 ncurses: heap-based buffer overflow in the _nc_find_entry function in tinfo/comp_hash.c [fedora-all]
CVE-2019-17594 ncurses: heap-based buffer overflow in the _nc_find_entry function in tinfo/comp_hash.c [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of fedora-all.
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Bugzilla
CVE-2019-17594 ncurses: heap-based buffer overflow in the _nc_find_entry function in tinfo/comp_hash.c
bugzilla·2019-10-29·CVSS 5.3
CVE-2019-17594 [MEDIUM] CVE-2019-17594 ncurses: heap-based buffer overflow in the _nc_find_entry function in tinfo/comp_hash.c
CVE-2019-17594 ncurses: heap-based buffer overflow in the _nc_find_entry function in tinfo/comp_hash.c
There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the _nc_find_entry function in tinfo/comp_hash.c in the terminfo library in ncurses before 6.1-20191012.
Reference:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2019-10/msg00017.html
Discussion:
Created ncurses tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1766746]
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Upstream patch for this issue:
https://github.com/mirror/ncurses/commit/b025434573f466efe27862656a6a9d41dd2bd609
commit b025434573f466efe27862656a6a9d41dd2bd609
Author: Thomas E. Dickey
Date: Sun Oct 13 01:25:51 2019 +0000
ncurses 6.1 - patch 20191012
+ amend recent changes to ncurses*-config and pc-files to filter out
Debian linker-flags (report by Sven Joachi
arXiv
UNIFUZZ: A Holistic and Pragmatic Metrics-Driven Platform for Evaluating Fuzzers
arxiv_fulltext·2020-10-05
UNIFUZZ: A Holistic and Pragmatic Metrics-Driven Platform for Evaluating Fuzzers
: A Holistic and Pragmatic Metrics-Driven Platform for Evaluating Fuzzers
[1]Yuwei Li
[1, 2]Shouling Ji
[1]Yuan Chen
[4]Sizhuang Liang
[5]Wei-Han Lee
[1]Yueyao Chen
[1]Chenyang Lyu
[1, 3]Chunming Wu
[4]Raheem Beyah
[2, 1]Peng Cheng
[6]Kangjie Lu
[7]Ting Wang
[ ]^1 Zhejiang University,
^2 Zhejiang University NGICS Platform,
^3 Zhejiang Lab, Hangzhou, China,
^4 Georgia Institute of Technology,
^5 IBM Research,
^6 University of Minnesota,
^7 Pennsylvania State University
[ ] E-mails: [email protected],
[email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected],
[email protected],
[email protected],
[email protected],
[email protected],
[email protected].
[1]
(#1)
footnote-1
Yuwei Li and Shouling Ji are the c
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2019-10-14
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