CVE-2023-29491: Out-of-bounds Write
(updated )
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.
References
- ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=commit;h=eb51b1ea1f75a0ec17c9c5937cb28df1e8eeec56
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/19/10
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/19/11
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29491
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/12/5
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/13/4
Code Behaviors & Features
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