CVE-2023-29491
Public on 2023-04-14
Modified on 2024-01-31
Description
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.
Severity
Important
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | ncurses | 2023-07-05 | ALAS-2023-1778 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | ncurses | 2023-06-21 | ALAS2-2023-2096 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 2023 | ncurses | 2023-06-21 | ALAS2023-2023-220 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | CVSSv3 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |