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CVE-2023-29491
April 14, 2023
ncurses before 6.4 20230408, when used by a setuid application, allows local users to trigger security-relevant memory corruption via malformed data in a terminfo database file that is found in $HOME/.terminfo or reached via the TERMINFO or TERM environment variable.
Affected Packages
ncurses (CONAN):
Affected version(s) >=6.2 <6.4
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 6.4
Related Resources (16)
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00004.html
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-29491
http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=commit;h=eb51b1ea1f75a0ec17c9c5937cb28df1e8eeec56
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213845
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/19/11
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/12/5
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LU4MYMKFEZQ5VSCVLRIZGDQOUW3T44GT/
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-29491
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230517-0009/
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/19/10
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2023-29491
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213844
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/13/4
http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=eb51b1ea1f75a0ec17c9c5937cb28df1e8eeec56
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LU4MYMKFEZQ5VSCVLRIZGDQOUW3T44GT/
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213843
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
8.5
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.8
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Out-of-bounds Write
CWE-787
EPSS
Base Score:
0.07