vulnerability
Alma Linux: CVE-2023-29491: Moderate: ncurses security update (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Apr 14, 2023 | Sep 25, 2023 | Apr 17, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Apr 14, 2023
Added
Sep 25, 2023
Modified
Apr 17, 2026
Description
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.
Solutions
alma-upgrade-ncursesalma-upgrade-ncurses-basealma-upgrade-ncurses-c++-libsalma-upgrade-ncurses-compat-libsalma-upgrade-ncurses-develalma-upgrade-ncurses-libsalma-upgrade-ncurses-term
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