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.
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References | () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/19/10 - Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory | |
References | () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/19/11 - Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory | |
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References | () https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230517-0009/ - | |
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References | () https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/12/5 - Mailing List | |
References | () https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/13/4 - Mailing List, Patch |
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Information
Published : 2023-04-14 01:15
Updated : 2024-11-21 07:57
NVD link : CVE-2023-29491
Mitre link : CVE-2023-29491
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-29491
JSON object : View
Products Affected
gnu
- ncurses
CWE
CWE-787
Out-of-bounds Write