Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 14, 2023· Updated Nov 4, 2025
CVE-2023-29491
CVE-2023-29491
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.
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Affected products
22- osv-coords20 versionspkg:rpm/almalinux/ncursespkg:rpm/almalinux/ncurses-basepkg:rpm/almalinux/ncurses-c%2B%2B-libspkg:rpm/almalinux/ncurses-compat-libspkg:rpm/almalinux/ncurses-develpkg:rpm/almalinux/ncurses-libspkg:rpm/almalinux/ncurses-termpkg:rpm/opensuse/ncurses&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/ncurses&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%20Micro%205.3pkg:rpm/suse/ncurses&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.1pkg:rpm/suse/ncurses&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.2pkg:rpm/suse/ncurses&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.3pkg:rpm/suse/ncurses&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.4pkg:rpm/suse/ncurses&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/ncurses&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/ncurses&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Legacy%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/ncurses&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Real%20Time%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/ncurses&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/ncurses&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/ncurses&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5
< 6.1-9.20180224.el8_8.1+ 19 more
- (no CPE)range: < 6.1-9.20180224.el8_8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.1-9.20180224.el8_8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.1-9.20180224.el8_8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.1-9.20180224.el8_8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.1-9.20180224.el8_8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.1-9.20180224.el8_8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.1-9.20180224.el8_8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.1-150000.5.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.1-150000.5.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.1-150000.5.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.1-150000.5.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.1-150000.5.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.1-150000.5.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.1-150000.5.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.1-150000.5.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.1-150000.5.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 6.1-150000.5.15.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.9-81.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.9-81.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.9-81.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
11- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LU4MYMKFEZQ5VSCVLRIZGDQOUW3T44GT/mitrevendor-advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/19/10mitremailing-list
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/19/11mitremailing-list
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00004.htmlmitremailing-list
- ncurses.scripts.mit.edumitre
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230517-0009/mitre
- support.apple.com/kb/HT213843mitre
- support.apple.com/kb/HT213844mitre
- support.apple.com/kb/HT213845mitre
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/12/5mitre
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/13/4mitre
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