Out-of-bounds Write Affecting ncurses-libs package, versions <0:6.1-9.20180224.el8_8.1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE8-NCURSESLIBS-5912096
- published 21 Sep 2023
- disclosed 14 Apr 2023
Introduced: 14 Apr 2023
CVE-2023-29491 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Oracle:8 ncurses-libs to version 0:6.1-9.20180224.el8_8.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2023-5249.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ncurses-libs package and not the ncurses-libs package as distributed by Oracle.
See How to fix? for Oracle: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.
References
- https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2023-29491.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2023-5249.html
- http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=commit;h=eb51b1ea1f75a0ec17c9c5937cb28df1e8eeec56
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/12/5
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/13/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/19/10
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/19/11
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230517-0009/
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213843
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213844
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213845
- http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=eb51b1ea1f75a0ec17c9c5937cb28df1e8eeec56
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00004.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LU4MYMKFEZQ5VSCVLRIZGDQOUW3T44GT/