Oracle Linux: CVE-2023-29491: ELSA-2023-5249: ncurses security update (MODERATE) (Multiple Advisories)
Description
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. A vulnerability was found in ncurses and occurs when used by a setuid application. This flaw allows local users to trigger security-relevant memory corruption via malformed data in a terminfo database file found in $HOME/.terminfo or reached via the TERMINFO or TERM environment variable.
Solution(s)
- oracle-linux-upgrade-ncurses
- oracle-linux-upgrade-ncurses-base
- oracle-linux-upgrade-ncurses-c-libs
- oracle-linux-upgrade-ncurses-compat-libs
- oracle-linux-upgrade-ncurses-devel
- oracle-linux-upgrade-ncurses-libs
- oracle-linux-upgrade-ncurses-term
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