ALSA-2023:5249

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    ALSA-2023:5249

    Published: 19 Sept 2023Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    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: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5249, https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-29491, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2191704, https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2023-5249.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ncurses

    Purl: pkg:rpm/almalinux/ncurses

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -6.1-9.20180224.el8_8.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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