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.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=eb51b1ea1f75a0ec17c9c5937cb28df1e8eeec56
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/19/10	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/19/11	Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
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	Mailing List
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/13/4	Mailing List Patch

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:ncurses:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2023-04-14 01:15

Updated : 2024-01-31 03:15

NVD link : CVE-2023-29491

Mitre link : CVE-2023-29491

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-29491

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Products Affected

gnu

ncurses

CWE

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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