CVE-2023-29491
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.
- Score
- CVSS 3.1 7.8 High
- Status
- Modified - cve@mitre.org
- Published
- 2023-04-14
- Last modified
- 2026-10-14
- Weaknesses
- CWE-787
Affected products
- Ncurses (Invisible-island)
- Ruggedcom Rox Mx5000 (Siemens)
- Ruggedcom Rox Mx5000re (Siemens)
- Ruggedcom Rox Rx1400 (Siemens)
- Ruggedcom Rox Rx1500 (Siemens)
- Ruggedcom Rox Rx1501 (Siemens)
- Ruggedcom Rox Rx1510 (Siemens)
- Ruggedcom Rox Rx1511 (Siemens)
- Ruggedcom Rox Rx1512 (Siemens)
- Ruggedcom Rox Rx1524 (Siemens)
- Ruggedcom Rox Rx1536 (Siemens)
- Ruggedcom Rox Rx5000 (Siemens)
- Simatic S7-1500 Cpu 1518-4 Pndp Mfp (Siemens)
- Simatic S7-1500 Cpu 1518f-4 Pndp Mfp (Siemens)
- Siplus S7-1500 Cpu 1518-4 Pndp Mfp (Siemens)
References
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/13/4
- http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=eb51b1ea1f75a0ec17c9c5937cb28df1e8eeec56
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/12/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/19/10
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/19/11
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230517-0009/
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213843
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213844
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213845
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00004.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LU4MYMKFEZQ5VSCVLRIZGD…
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LU4MYMKFEZQ5VSCVLRIZGDQO…
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-202008.html
