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.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

History

31 Jan 2024, 03:15

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References
  • () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LU4MYMKFEZQ5VSCVLRIZGDQOUW3T44GT/ -

03 Dec 2023, 20:15

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References
  • () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00004.html -

07 Nov 2023, 04:11

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References
  • {'url': 'http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=commit;h=eb51b1ea1f75a0ec17c9c5937cb28df1e8eeec56', 'name': 'http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=commit;h=eb51b1ea1f75a0ec17c9c5937cb28df1e8eeec56', 'tags': ['Mailing List', 'Patch'], 'refsource': 'MISC'}
  • () http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=eb51b1ea1f75a0ec17c9c5937cb28df1e8eeec56 -

09 Sep 2023, 22:15

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References
  • (CONFIRM) https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213844 -
  • (CONFIRM) https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213845 -

06 Sep 2023, 21:15

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References
  • (CONFIRM) https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213843 -

Information

Published : 2023-04-14 01:15

Updated : 2024-02-28 20:13


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