USN-6451-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6451-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-6451-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-6451-1
Related
Published
2023-10-24T19:21:26.385478Z
Modified
2023-10-24T19:21:26.385478Z
Summary
ncurses vulnerability
Details

It was discovered that ncurses could be made to read out of bounds. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / ncurses

Package

Name
ncurses
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ncurses@5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm4?arch=src?distro=trusty/esm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm4

Affected versions

5.*

5.9+20130608-1ubuntu1
5.9+20131221-1ubuntu1
5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1
5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm1
5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm2
5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "libncurses5": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "libx32ncurses5-dev-dbgsym": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "libx32ncursesw5": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "lib32ncursesw5-dbgsym": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "libx32tinfo-dev-dbgsym": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "lib32ncurses5": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "lib32ncursesw5-dev": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "libx32ncursesw5-dev": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "libx32tinfo-dev": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "lib32tinfo5": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "libncurses5-dbg": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "lib32ncursesw5": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "lib32tinfo-dev": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "libtinfo5-dbgsym": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "ncurses-base": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "libx32tinfo5": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "libncursesw5": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "libx32ncurses5-dev": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "ncurses-bin-dbgsym": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "libncursesw5-dbg": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "libtinfo-dev-dbgsym": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "libx32tinfo5-dbgsym": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "lib64tinfo5-dbgsym": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "libncursesw5-dev": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "libncurses5-dev-dbgsym": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "lib64ncurses5-dev-dbgsym": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "libncurses5-dbgsym": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "libx32ncurses5": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "lib64ncurses5-dbgsym": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "libncurses5-dev": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "libncursesw5-dbgsym": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "lib32ncursesw5-dev-dbgsym": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "libx32ncursesw5-dbgsym": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "lib32tinfo5-dbgsym": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "ncurses-examples": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "ncurses-doc": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "ncurses-examples-dbgsym": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "lib32ncurses5-dbgsym": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "libtinfo5-dbg": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "libtinfo5": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "ncurses-term": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "lib64tinfo5": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "lib32tinfo-dev-dbgsym": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "libncursesw5-dev-dbgsym": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "ncurses-bin": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "libx32ncursesw5-dev-dbgsym": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "lib32ncurses5-dev-dbgsym": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "libtinfo-dev": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "lib64ncurses5-dev": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "lib64ncurses5": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "lib32ncurses5-dev": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "libx32ncurses5-dbgsym": "5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm4"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / ncurses

Package

Name
ncurses
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ncurses@6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm4?arch=src?distro=esm-infra/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm4

Affected versions

5.*

5.9+20150516-2ubuntu1

6.*

6.0+20151024-2ubuntu1
6.0+20151024-2ubuntu2
6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1
6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm1
6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm2
6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "libncurses5": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "libx32ncurses5-dev-dbgsym": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "libx32ncursesw5": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "lib32ncursesw5-dbgsym": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "libx32tinfo-dev-dbgsym": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "lib32ncurses5": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "lib32ncursesw5-dev": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "libx32ncursesw5-dev": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "libx32tinfo-dev": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "lib32tinfo5": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "libncurses5-dbg": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "lib32ncursesw5": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "lib32tinfo-dev": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "libtinfo5-dbgsym": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "ncurses-base": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "libx32tinfo5": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "libncursesw5": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "libx32ncurses5-dev": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "ncurses-bin-dbgsym": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "libncursesw5-dbg": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "libtinfo-dev-dbgsym": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "libx32tinfo5-dbgsym": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "lib64tinfo5-dbgsym": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "libncursesw5-dev": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "libncurses5-dev-dbgsym": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "lib64ncurses5-dev-dbgsym": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "libncurses5-dbgsym": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "libx32ncurses5": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "lib64ncurses5-dbgsym": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "libncurses5-dev": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "libncursesw5-dbgsym": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "lib32ncursesw5-dev-dbgsym": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "libx32ncursesw5-dbgsym": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "lib32tinfo5-dbgsym": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "ncurses-examples": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "ncurses-doc": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "ncurses-examples-dbgsym": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "lib32ncurses5-dbgsym": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "libtinfo5-dbg": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "libtinfo5": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "ncurses-term": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "lib64tinfo5": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "lib32tinfo-dev-dbgsym": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "libncursesw5-dev-dbgsym": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "ncurses-bin": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "libx32ncursesw5-dev-dbgsym": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "lib32ncurses5-dev-dbgsym": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "libtinfo-dev": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "lib64ncurses5-dev": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "lib64ncurses5": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "lib32ncurses5-dev": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm4",
            "libx32ncurses5-dbgsym": "6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm4"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / ncurses

Package

Name
ncurses
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ncurses@6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1+esm1?arch=src?distro=esm-infra/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1+esm1

Affected versions

6.*

6.0+20160625-1ubuntu1
6.0+20171125-1ubuntu1
6.1-1ubuntu1
6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04
6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "libncurses5": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1+esm1",
            "libtinfo5-udeb": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1+esm1",
            "libx32ncursesw5": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1+esm1",
            "lib32ncursesw5-dbgsym": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1+esm1",
            "lib32ncurses5": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1+esm1",
            "lib32ncursesw5-dev": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1+esm1",
            "libx32ncursesw5-dev": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1+esm1",
            "libx32tinfo-dev": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1+esm1",
            "lib32tinfo5": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1+esm1",
            "libncurses5-dbg": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1+esm1",
            "lib32ncursesw5": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1+esm1",
            "lib32tinfo-dev": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1+esm1",
            "libx32tinfo5": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1+esm1",
            "ncurses-base": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1+esm1",
            "libncursesw5": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1+esm1",
            "libx32ncurses5-dev": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1+esm1",
            "ncurses-bin-dbgsym": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1+esm1",
            "libncursesw5-dbg": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1+esm1",
            "libx32tinfo5-dbgsym": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1+esm1",
            "lib64tinfo5-dbgsym": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1+esm1",
            "libncursesw5-dev": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1+esm1",
            "libx32ncurses5": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1+esm1",
            "lib64ncurses5-dbgsym": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1+esm1",
            "libncurses5-dev": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1+esm1",
            "libx32ncursesw5-dbgsym": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1+esm1",
            "lib32tinfo5-dbgsym": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1+esm1",
            "ncurses-examples": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1+esm1",
            "ncurses-doc": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1+esm1",
            "ncurses-examples-dbgsym": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1+esm1",
            "lib32ncurses5-dbgsym": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1+esm1",
            "libtinfo5-dbg": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1+esm1",
            "libtinfo5": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1+esm1",
            "ncurses-term": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1+esm1",
            "lib64tinfo5": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1+esm1",
            "ncurses-bin": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1+esm1",
            "libtinfo-dev": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1+esm1",
            "lib64ncurses5-dev": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1+esm1",
            "lib64ncurses5": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1+esm1",
            "lib32ncurses5-dev": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1+esm1",
            "libx32ncurses5-dbgsym": "6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1+esm1"
        }
    ]
}