Out-of-bounds Read Affecting terminfo package, versions <6.1-150000.5.12.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (48th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES154-TERMINFO-2977677
  • published10 Aug 2022
  • disclosed9 Aug 2022

Introduced: 9 Aug 2022

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

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.4 terminfo to version 6.1-150000.5.12.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream terminfo package and not the terminfo package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.4 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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