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CentOS 8 : ncurses (CESA-2021:4426)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 155038

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CESA-2021:4426 advisory.

 - 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 fmt_entry function in tinfo/comp_hash.c (CVE-2019-17595)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4426

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 155038

File Name: centos8_RHSA-2021-4426.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/11/2021

Updated: 11/24/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-17595

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:8-stream, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ncurses-compat-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ncurses-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ncurses-term, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ncurses-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ncurses-base, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ncurses, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ncurses-c%2b%2b-libs

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/9/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/14/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-17594, CVE-2019-17595

RHSA: 2021:4426