PT-2019-6430 · Ncurses+3 · Ncurses+3

Published 2019-05-03 · Updated 2023-12-13 · CVE-2020-19189

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions ncurses version 6.1

Description The issue is related to a Buffer Overflow vulnerability in the postprocess terminfo function in tinfo/parse entry.c. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted commands.

Recommendations For ncurses version 6.1, this issue was addressed with improved checks, implying an update to a version with these checks is necessary to resolve the issue. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

BDU:2024-06965

CVE-2020-19189

DLA-3586-1

USN-6451-1

Affected Products

Astra Linux

Apple Macos

Ubuntu

Ncurses

References · 38

• 🔥 https://github.com/zjuchenyuan/fuzzpoc/blob/master/infotocap_poc5.md · Exploit
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-19189 · Security Note
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/astra-linux-se47-bulletin-2024-1031SE47 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-19189 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-19189 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/astra-linux-se17-bulletin-2024-0830SE17 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-19189 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6451-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=319139257 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-19189 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-19189 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-19189 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-19189 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DLA-3586-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-6451-1 · Vendor Advisory