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Oracle Linux: CVE-2023-29491: ELSA-2023-6698: ncurses security and bug fix update (MODERATE) (Multiple Advisories)

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Oracle Linux: CVE-2023-29491: ELSA-2023-6698: ncurses security and bug fix update (MODERATE) (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
04/12/2023
Created
09/22/2023
Added
09/21/2023
Modified
08/06/2024

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.

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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