Bug 1563703 (CVE-2018-9240)

Summary:	CVE-2018-9240 ncmpc: NULL pointer dereference leading to denial of service
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Andrej Nemec <anemec>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Description Andrej Nemec 2018-04-04 14:07:56 UTC

ncmpc through 0.29 is prone to a NULL pointer dereference flaw. If a user uses the chat screen and another client sends a long chat message, a crash and denial of service could occur.

References:

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=894724

Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2018-04-04 14:08:36 UTC

Created ncmpc tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1563705]

Comment 2 Product Security DevOps Team 2019-06-10 10:19:35 UTC

This CVE Bugzilla entry is for community support informational purposes only as it does not affect a package in a commercially supported Red Hat product. Refer to the dependent bugs for status of those individual community products.