Out-of-bounds Read Affecting ncurses-base package, versions <0:6.0-8.20170212.amzn2.1.4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (47th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-NCURSESBASE-3160301
  • published7 Dec 2022
  • disclosed18 Apr 2022

Introduced: 18 Apr 2022

CVE-2022-29458  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 ncurses-base to version 0:6.0-8.20170212.amzn2.1.4 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2022-1893.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ncurses-base package and not the ncurses-base package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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