vulnerability
Amazon Linux 2023: CVE-2023-29491: Important priority package update for ncurses
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Apr 12, 2023 | Feb 17, 2025 | Jul 7, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Apr 12, 2023
Added
Feb 17, 2025
Modified
Jul 7, 2025
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.
A vulnerability was found in ncurses and occurs when used by a setuid application. This flaw allows local users to trigger security-relevant memory corruption via malformed data in a terminfo database file found in $HOME/.terminfo or reached via the TERMINFO or TERM environment variable.
A vulnerability was found in ncurses and occurs when used by a setuid application. This flaw allows local users to trigger security-relevant memory corruption via malformed data in a terminfo database file found in $HOME/.terminfo or reached via the TERMINFO or TERM environment variable.
Solutions
amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-ncursesamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-ncurses-baseamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-ncurses-c-libsamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-ncurses-c-libs-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-ncurses-compat-libsamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-ncurses-compat-libs-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-ncurses-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-ncurses-debugsourceamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-ncurses-develamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-ncurses-libsamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-ncurses-libs-debuginfoamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-ncurses-staticamazon-linux-2023-upgrade-ncurses-term
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