| Name | CVE-2023-45918 |
| Description | ncurses 6.4-20230610 has a NULL pointer dereference in tgetstr in tinfo/lib_termcap.c. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| ncurses (PTS) | buster | 6.1+20181013-2+deb10u2 | vulnerable |
| buster (security) | 6.1+20181013-2+deb10u5 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 6.2+20201114-2+deb11u2 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 6.4-4 | vulnerable |
| trixie, sid | 6.4+20240414-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| ncurses | source | (unstable) | 6.4+20230625-1 | | | |
Notes
[bookworm] - ncurses <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - ncurses <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[buster] - ncurses <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2023-06/msg00005.html
https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/NEWS.html#index-t20230615
Fixed in ncurses-6.4-20230615 patchlevel