alsa-2023:5249
Vulnerability from osv_almalinux
Published
2023-09-19 00:00
Modified
2023-09-21 16:17
Summary
Moderate: ncurses security update
Details

The ncurses (new curses) library routines are a terminal-independent method of updating character screens with reasonable optimization. The ncurses packages contain support utilities including a terminfo compiler tic, a decompiler infocmp, clear, tput, tset, and a termcap conversion tool captoinfo.

Security Fix(es):

  • ncurses: Local users can trigger security-relevant memory corruption via malformed data (CVE-2023-29491)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

References
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  "details": "The ncurses (new curses) library routines are a terminal-independent method of updating character screens with reasonable optimization. The ncurses packages contain support utilities including a terminfo compiler tic, a decompiler infocmp, clear, tput, tset, and a termcap conversion tool captoinfo.\n\nSecurity Fix(es):\n\n* ncurses: Local users can trigger security-relevant memory corruption via malformed data (CVE-2023-29491)\n\nFor more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.",
  "id": "ALSA-2023:5249",
  "modified": "2023-09-21T16:17:16Z",
  "published": "2023-09-19T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5249"
    },
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      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-29491"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2191704"
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      "url": "https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2023-5249.html"
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    "CVE-2023-29491"
  ],
  "summary": "Moderate: ncurses security update"
}


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