QID 355648

Date Published: 2023-07-24

QID 355648: Amazon Linux Security Advisory for ncurses : ALAS-2023-1778

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. (
( CVE-2023-29491)



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Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to a securitybreach or could affect integrity, availability, and confidentiality.

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.8 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5.4 severity.
    • Solution
    Please refer to Amazon advisory: ALAS-2023-1778 for affected packages and patching details, or update with your package manager.
    Vendor References

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    CVE-2023-29491 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    ALAS-2023-1778 amazon linux URL Logo alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2023-1778.html
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