Bug 1214493 (CVE-2020-19189) - VUL-0: CVE-2020-19189: ncurses: Buffer Overflow vulnerability in postprocess_terminfo function in tinfo/parse_entry.c:997 in ncurses 6.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted command.
Summary: VUL-0: CVE-2020-19189: ncurses: Buffer Overflow vulnerability in postprocess_...
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: CVE-2020-19189
Product: SUSE Security Incidents
Classification: Novell Products
Component: Incidents (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other Other
: P3 - Medium : Normal
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QA Contact: Security Team bot
URL: https://smash.suse.de/issue/375949/
Whiteboard: CVSSv3.1:SUSE:CVE-2020-19189:5.5:(AV:...
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Reported: 2023-08-23 06:58 UTC by Stoyan Manolov
Modified: 2023-09-14 05:26 UTC (History)
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Description Stoyan Manolov 2023-08-23 06:58:46 UTC 
CVE-2020-19189

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in postprocess_terminfo function in
tinfo/parse_entry.c:997 in ncurses 6.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial
of service via crafted command.

References:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2020-19189
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-19189
https://github.com/zjuchenyuan/fuzzpoc/blob/master/infotocap_poc5.md
Comment 2 Dr. Werner Fink 2023-09-12 10:12:36 UTC 
For SLE-12

noether:/ # infotocap -o /dev/null /tmp/infotocap_poc5.md 
"/tmp/infotocap_poc5.md", line 1, col 1: Illegal character (expected alphanumeric or @%&*!#) - '{'
Comment 3 Dr. Werner Fink 2023-09-12 10:31:24 UTC 
For SLE-15

noether:/ # infotocap -o /dev/null /tmp/infotocap_poc5.md 
"/tmp/infotocap_poc5.md", line 1, col 1: Illegal character (expected alphanumeric or @%&*!#) - '{'