CVE-2023-29491

CVE Details

Release Date:

2023-04-12

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/opc/.terminfo or reached via the TERMINFO or TERM environment variable.

See more information about CVE-2023-29491 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v3.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	7.8	Base Metrics:	AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Access Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Privileges Required:	Low	User Interaction:	None
Scope:	Unchanged	Confidentiality Impact:	High
Integrity Impact:	High	Availability Impact:	High

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 8 (ncurses)	ELSA-2023-5249	2023-09-20
Oracle Linux version 9 (ncurses)	ELSA-2023-6698	2023-11-11

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