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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-19185

medium Nessus Plugin ID 223422

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - Buffer Overflow vulnerability in one_one_mapping function in progs/dump_entry.c:1373 in ncurses 6.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted command. (CVE-2020-19185)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2020-19185

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 223422

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2020_19185.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/4/2025

Updated: 8/21/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-19185

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

Required KB Items: Host/OS/identifier, Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/22/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-19185