Out-of-bounds Write Affecting ncurses-base package, versions <0:6.1-9.20180224.el8_8.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-NCURSESBASE-5489394
  • published29 Apr 2023
  • disclosed12 Apr 2023

Introduced: 12 Apr 2023

CVE-2023-29491  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-121  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 ncurses-base to version 0:6.1-9.20180224.el8_8.1 or higher.

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 Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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