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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2022-29458: Security patch for ncurses (ALAS-2022-1893)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2022-29458: Security patch for ncurses (ALAS-2022-1893)

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
04/18/2022
Created
12/07/2022
Added
12/07/2022
Modified
12/07/2022

Description

ncurses 6.3 before patch 20220416 has an out-of-bounds read and segmentation violation in convert_strings in tinfo/read_entry.c in the terminfo library.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-ncurses
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-ncurses-base
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-ncurses-c-libs
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-ncurses-compat-libs
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-ncurses-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-ncurses-devel
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-ncurses-libs
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-ncurses-static
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-ncurses-term

References

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