{"id":"SUSE-SU-2018:4000-1","summary":"Security update for ncurses","details":"This update for ncurses fixes the following issues:\n\nSecurity issue fixed:\n\n- CVE-2018-19211: Fixed denial of service issue that was triggered by a NULL pointer dereference at function _nc_parse_entry (bsc#1115929).\n\nNon-security issue fixed:\n\n- Remove scree.xterm from terminfo data base as with this screen uses fallback TERM=screen (bsc#1103320). \n","modified":"2026-02-04T03:00:43.560103Z","published":"2018-12-06T13:32:06Z","related":["CVE-2018-19211"],"upstream":["CVE-2018-19211"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20184000-1/"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1103320"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1115929"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-19211"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"ncurses","ecosystem":"SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15","purl":"pkg:rpm/suse/ncurses&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.1-5.3.1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"terminfo-screen":"6.1-5.3.1","ncurses-utils":"6.1-5.3.1","tack":"6.1-5.3.1","terminfo-iterm":"6.1-5.3.1","terminfo":"6.1-5.3.1","libncurses6-32bit":"6.1-5.3.1","libncurses6":"6.1-5.3.1","ncurses-devel":"6.1-5.3.1","terminfo-base":"6.1-5.3.1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2018:4000-1.json"}},{"package":{"name":"ncurses","ecosystem":"SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15","purl":"pkg:rpm/suse/ncurses&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.1-5.3.1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"ncurses-devel-32bit":"6.1-5.3.1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2018:4000-1.json"}},{"package":{"name":"ncurses","ecosystem":"SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy 15","purl":"pkg:rpm/suse/ncurses&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Legacy%2015"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.1-5.3.1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"libncurses5-32bit":"6.1-5.3.1","libncurses5":"6.1-5.3.1","ncurses5-devel":"6.1-5.3.1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2018:4000-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}