Vulnerability Details CVE-2023-29491
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.009
EPSS Ranking 57.0%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.8
References
- http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=eb51b1ea1f75a0ec17c9c5937cb28df1e8eeec56
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/19/10
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/19/11
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00004.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LU4MYMKFEZQ5VSCVLRIZGDQOUW3T44GT/
- 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
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/12/5
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/13/4
- http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=eb51b1ea1f75a0ec17c9c5937cb28df1e8eeec56
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/19/10
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/19/11
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00004.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LU4MYMKFEZQ5VSCVLRIZGDQOUW3T44GT/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LU4MYMKFEZQ5VSCVLRIZGDQOUW3T44GT/
- 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
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/12/5
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/13/4
Products affected by CVE-2023-29491
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cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:-
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cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:4.1
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cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:4.2
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cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:5.0
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cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:5.1
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cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:5.2.
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cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:5.3
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cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:5.4
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cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:5.5
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cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:5.6
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cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:5.7
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cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:5.8
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cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:5.9
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cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.0
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cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.1
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cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.2
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cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:ncurses:6.3