ALSA-2023:6698
- Source
- https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2023-6698.html
- Import Source
- https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux9/ALSA-2023:6698.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALSA-2023:6698
- Related
- Published
- 2023-11-07T00:00:00Z
- Modified
- 2023-11-14T12:11:21Z
- Summary
- Moderate: ncurses security and bug fix update
- Details
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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.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.
- References
Affected packages
AlmaLinux:9 / ncurses
Package
- Name
- ncurses
AlmaLinux:9 / ncurses-base
Package
- Name
- ncurses-base
AlmaLinux:9 / ncurses-c++-libs
Package
- Name
- ncurses-c++-libs
AlmaLinux:9 / ncurses-devel
Package
- Name
- ncurses-devel
AlmaLinux:9 / ncurses-libs
Package
- Name
- ncurses-libs