Out-of-bounds Read Affecting ncurses package, versions <0:6.2-4.20200222.amzn2023.0.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (48th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-NCURSES-3340390
  • published6 Mar 2023
  • 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:2023 ncurses to version 0:6.2-4.20200222.amzn2023.0.3 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2023-023.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ncurses package and not the ncurses package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2023 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 Base Scores

version 3.1