Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:2018192110000000
Revision Date:2018-11-12Version:1
Title:CVE-2018-19211 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - low.
Description:In ncurses 6.1, there is a NULL pointer dereference at function _nc_parse_entry in parse_entry.c that will lead to a denial of service attack. The product proceeds to the dereference code path even after a "dubious character `*' in name or alias field" detection.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2018-19211
Platform(s):Ubuntu 18.10
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) is installed.
  • AND ncurses package in cosmic, is related to the CVE in some way and has been fixed (note: '6.1+20180210-4ubuntu1').
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