Out-of-bounds Read Affecting ncurses package, versions <6.2+20201114-2+deb11u1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-NCURSES-2767191
- published 19 Apr 2022
- disclosed 18 Apr 2022
Introduced: 18 Apr 2022
CVE-2022-29458 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:11 ncurses to version 6.2+20201114-2+deb11u1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ncurses package and not the ncurses package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:11 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.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-29458
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2022-04/msg00016.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2022-04/msg00014.html
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213488
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00037.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/41
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Oct/28
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