Import Source
https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-26241.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/AZL-26241
Upstream
Published
2023-04-14T01:15:08Z
Modified
2026-04-01T05:08:17.732343Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
CVE-2023-29491 affecting package ncurses for versions less than 6.4-1
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Azure Linux:2 / ncurses

Package

Name
ncurses
Purl
pkg:rpm/azure-linux/ncurses

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.4-1

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-26241.json"