ALSA-2023:5249
- Source
- https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2023-5249.html
- Import Source
- https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux8/ALSA-2023:5249.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALSA-2023:5249
- Related
- Published
- 2023-09-19T00:00:00Z
- Modified
- 2023-09-21T16:17:16Z
- Summary
- Moderate: ncurses security update
- Details
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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
Affected packages
AlmaLinux:8 / ncurses
Package
- Name
- ncurses
AlmaLinux:8 / ncurses-base
Package
- Name
- ncurses-base
AlmaLinux:8 / ncurses-c++-libs
Package
- Name
- ncurses-c++-libs
AlmaLinux:8 / ncurses-compat-libs
Package
- Name
- ncurses-compat-libs
AlmaLinux:8 / ncurses-devel
Package
- Name
- ncurses-devel
AlmaLinux:8 / ncurses-libs
Package
- Name
- ncurses-libs