vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2023-29491: Local users can trigger security-relevant memory corruption via malformed data (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Apr 14, 2023 | Sep 20, 2023 | Jan 28, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Apr 14, 2023
Added
Sep 20, 2023
Modified
Jan 28, 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.
Solution(s)
redhat-upgrade-ncursesredhat-upgrade-ncurses-baseredhat-upgrade-ncurses-c-libsredhat-upgrade-ncurses-c-libs-debuginforedhat-upgrade-ncurses-compat-libsredhat-upgrade-ncurses-compat-libs-debuginforedhat-upgrade-ncurses-debuginforedhat-upgrade-ncurses-debugsourceredhat-upgrade-ncurses-develredhat-upgrade-ncurses-libsredhat-upgrade-ncurses-libs-debuginforedhat-upgrade-ncurses-term
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