ALSA-2023:6698

Source
https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2023-6698.html
Import Source
https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux9/ALSA-2023:6698.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALSA-2023:6698
Related
Published
2023-11-07T00:00:00Z
Modified
2023-11-14T12:11:21Z
Summary
Moderate: ncurses security and bug fix 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.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

References

Affected packages

AlmaLinux:9 / ncurses

Package

Name
ncurses

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.2-10.20210508.el9

AlmaLinux:9 / ncurses-base

Package

Name
ncurses-base

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.2-10.20210508.el9

AlmaLinux:9 / ncurses-c++-libs

Package

Name
ncurses-c++-libs

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.2-10.20210508.el9

AlmaLinux:9 / ncurses-devel

Package

Name
ncurses-devel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.2-10.20210508.el9

AlmaLinux:9 / ncurses-libs

Package

Name
ncurses-libs

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.2-10.20210508.el9

AlmaLinux:9 / ncurses-term

Package

Name
ncurses-term

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.2-10.20210508.el9