High severity · published Apr 14, 2023
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…
7.8
CVSS
1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.0% · higher than 62% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NC
Ncurses · Invisible-island
before 6.4 · source: NVD
RR
RUGGEDCOM ROX MX5000 · Siemens
before V2.17.0 · source: CISA
RR
RUGGEDCOM ROX MX5000RE · Siemens
before V2.17.0 · source: CISA
RR
RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1400 · Siemens
before V2.17.0 · source: CISA
RR
RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1500 · Siemens
before V2.17.0 · source: CISA
RR
RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1501 · Siemens
before V2.17.0 · source: CISA
RR
RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1510 · Siemens
before V2.17.0 · source: CISA
RR
RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1511 · Siemens
before V2.17.0 · source: CISA
RR
RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1512 · Siemens
before V2.17.0 · source: CISA
RR
RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1524 · Siemens
before V2.17.0 · source: CISA
RR
RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1536 · Siemens
before V2.17.0 · source: CISA
RR
RUGGEDCOM ROX RX5000 · Siemens
before V2.17.0 · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29491
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-29491
ncurses.scripts.mit.edu
http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=eb51b1ea1f75a0ec17c9c5937cb28df1e8eeec56
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/19/10
Exploit
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/19/11
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00004.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LU4MYMKFEZQ5VSCVLRIZGDQOUW3T44GT/
security.netapp.com
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230517-0009/
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