Rapid7 Vulnerability & Exploit Database

Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2023-29491): ncurses vulnerabilities

Free InsightVM Trial No Credit Card Necessary
Watch Demo See how it all works
Back to Search

Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2023-29491): ncurses vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/14/2023
Created
05/24/2023
Added
05/24/2023
Modified
05/24/2023

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)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-lib32ncurses5
  • ubuntu-upgrade-lib32ncurses6
  • ubuntu-upgrade-lib32ncursesw5
  • ubuntu-upgrade-lib32ncursesw6
  • ubuntu-upgrade-lib32tinfo5
  • ubuntu-upgrade-lib32tinfo6
  • ubuntu-upgrade-lib64ncurses5
  • ubuntu-upgrade-lib64ncurses6
  • ubuntu-upgrade-lib64ncursesw6
  • ubuntu-upgrade-lib64tinfo5
  • ubuntu-upgrade-lib64tinfo6
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libncurses5
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libncurses6
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libncursesw5
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libncursesw6
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libtinfo5
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libtinfo6
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libx32ncurses5
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libx32ncursesw5
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libx32tinfo5
  • ubuntu-upgrade-ncurses-bin

References

insightVM

Advanced vulnerability management analytics and reporting.
Key Features
Free InsightVM Trial View All Features

With Rapid7 live dashboards, I have a clear view of all the assets on my network, which ones can be exploited, and what I need to do in order to reduce the risk in my environment in real-time. No other tool gives us that kind of value and insight.

– Scott Cheney, Manager of Information Security, Sierra View Medical Center

;