CVE-2023-29491

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    CVE-2023-29491

    Published: 14 Apr 2023Last Modified: 15 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    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: http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=eb51b1ea1f75a0ec17c9c5937cb28df1e8eeec56, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/LU4MYMKFEZQ5VSCVLRIZGDQOUW3T44GT/, https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213843, https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213844, https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213845, https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/12/5, https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/13/4, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/29xxx/CVE-2023-29491.json, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LU4MYMKFEZQ5VSCVLRIZGDQOUW3T44GT/, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29491, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230517-0009/, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/19/10, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/19/11, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00004.html

    Affected packages

    Package

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -79b9071f2be20a24c7be031655a5638f6032f29f

    Affected versions

    v6.3

    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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