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.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
7.8 HIGH
LOCAL
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 23%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
gnuncurses
𝑥
< 6.4
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
ncurses
bookworm
6.4-4
fixed
bullseye
6.2+20201114-2+deb11u2
fixed
sid
6.5-2
fixed
trixie
6.5-2
fixed
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
ncurses
bionic
Fixed 6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1
released
focal
Fixed 6.2-0ubuntu2.1
released
jammy
Fixed 6.3-2ubuntu0.1
released
kinetic
Fixed 6.3+20220423-2ubuntu0.1
released
lunar
Fixed 6.4-2ubuntu0.1
released
trusty
Fixed 5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm3
released
xenial
Fixed 6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm3
released
openSUSE logo
openSUSE / SLES Releases
openSUSE Product
Release
libncurses5
suse enterprise sap 12 SP5
5.9-81.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP4
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP5
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP6
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP7
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 12 SP3
5.9-81.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 12 SP5
5.9-81.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP4
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP5
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP6
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP7
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
libncurses5-32bit
suse enterprise sap 12 SP5
5.9-81.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP4
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP5
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP6
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP7
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 12 SP3
5.9-81.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 12 SP5
5.9-81.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP4
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP5
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP6
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP7
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
libncurses6
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP4
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP5
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP6
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP7
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 12 SP5
5.9-81.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP4
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP5
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP6
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP7
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 12 SP3
5.9-81.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 12 SP5
5.9-81.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP4
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP5
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP6
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP7
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
libncurses6-32bit
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP4
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP5
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP6
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP7
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 12 SP5
5.9-81.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP4
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP5
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP6
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP7
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 12 SP3
5.9-81.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 12 SP5
5.9-81.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP4
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP5
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP6
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP7
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
ncurses-devel
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP4
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP5
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP6
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP7
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 12 SP5
5.9-81.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP4
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP5
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP6
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP7
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 12 SP3
5.9-81.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 12 SP5
5.9-81.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP4
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP5
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP6
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP7
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
ncurses-devel-32bit
suse enterprise sap 12 SP5
5.9-81.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 12 SP3
5.9-81.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 12 SP5
5.9-81.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP4
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
ncurses-utils
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP4
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP5
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP6
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP7
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 12 SP5
5.9-81.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP4
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP5
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP6
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP7
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 12 SP3
5.9-81.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 12 SP5
5.9-81.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP4
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP5
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP6
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP7
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
ncurses5-devel
suse enterprise sap 15 SP4
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP5
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP6
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP7
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP4
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP5
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP6
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP7
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
tack
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP4
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP5
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP6
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP7
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 12 SP5
5.9-81.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP4
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP5
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP6
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP7
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 12 SP3
5.9-81.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 12 SP5
5.9-81.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP4
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP5
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP6
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP7
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
terminfo
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP4
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP5
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP6
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP7
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 12 SP5
5.9-81.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP4
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP5
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP6
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP7
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 12 SP3
5.9-81.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 12 SP5
5.9-81.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP4
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP5
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP6
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP7
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
terminfo-base
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP4
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP5
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP6
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP7
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 12 SP5
5.9-81.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP4
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP5
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP6
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP7
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 12 SP3
5.9-81.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 12 SP5
5.9-81.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP4
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP5
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP6
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP7
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
terminfo-iterm
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP4
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP5
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP6
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP7
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP4
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP5
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP6
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP7
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP4
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP5
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP6
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP7
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
terminfo-screen
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP4
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP5
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP6
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP7
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP4
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP5
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP6
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP7
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP4
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP5
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP6
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP7
6.1-150000.5.15.1
fixed
Red Hat logo
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Releases
Red Hat Product
Release
ncurses
RHEL 8
0:6.1-9.20180224.el8_8.1
fixed
RHEL 8.6 AUS
0:6.1-9.20180224.el8_6.1
fixed
RHEL 8.6 E4S
0:6.1-9.20180224.el8_6.1
fixed
RHEL 8.6 EUS
0:6.1-9.20180224.el8_6.1
fixed
RHEL 8.6 TUS
0:6.1-9.20180224.el8_6.1
fixed
RHEL 8.8 AUS
0:6.1-9.20180224.el8_8.1
fixed
RHEL 8.8 E4S
0:6.1-9.20180224.el8_8.1
fixed
RHEL 8.8 EUS
0:6.1-9.20180224.el8_8.1
fixed
RHEL 8.8 TUS
0:6.1-9.20180224.el8_8.1
fixed
RHEL 9
0:6.2-10.20210508.el9
fixed
ncurses-base
RHEL 8
0:6.1-9.20180224.el8_8.1
fixed
RHEL 8.6 AUS
0:6.1-9.20180224.el8_6.1
fixed
RHEL 8.6 E4S
0:6.1-9.20180224.el8_6.1
fixed
RHEL 8.6 EUS
0:6.1-9.20180224.el8_6.1
fixed
RHEL 8.6 TUS
0:6.1-9.20180224.el8_6.1
fixed
RHEL 8.8 AUS
0:6.1-9.20180224.el8_8.1
fixed
RHEL 8.8 E4S
0:6.1-9.20180224.el8_8.1
fixed
RHEL 8.8 EUS
0:6.1-9.20180224.el8_8.1
fixed
RHEL 8.8 TUS
0:6.1-9.20180224.el8_8.1
fixed
RHEL 9
0:6.2-10.20210508.el9
fixed
ncurses-c
RHEL 8
0:6.1-9.20180224.el8_8.1
fixed
RHEL 8.6 AUS
0:6.1-9.20180224.el8_6.1
fixed
RHEL 8.6 E4S
0:6.1-9.20180224.el8_6.1
fixed
RHEL 8.6 EUS
0:6.1-9.20180224.el8_6.1
fixed
RHEL 8.6 TUS
0:6.1-9.20180224.el8_6.1
fixed
RHEL 8.8 AUS
0:6.1-9.20180224.el8_8.1
fixed
RHEL 8.8 E4S
0:6.1-9.20180224.el8_8.1
fixed
RHEL 8.8 EUS
0:6.1-9.20180224.el8_8.1
fixed
RHEL 8.8 TUS
0:6.1-9.20180224.el8_8.1
fixed
RHEL 9
0:6.2-10.20210508.el9
fixed
ncurses-compat-libs
RHEL 8
0:6.1-9.20180224.el8_8.1
fixed
RHEL 8.6 AUS
0:6.1-9.20180224.el8_6.1
fixed
RHEL 8.6 E4S
0:6.1-9.20180224.el8_6.1
fixed
RHEL 8.6 EUS
0:6.1-9.20180224.el8_6.1
fixed
RHEL 8.6 TUS
0:6.1-9.20180224.el8_6.1
fixed
RHEL 8.8 AUS
0:6.1-9.20180224.el8_8.1
fixed
RHEL 8.8 E4S
0:6.1-9.20180224.el8_8.1
fixed
RHEL 8.8 EUS
0:6.1-9.20180224.el8_8.1
fixed
RHEL 8.8 TUS
0:6.1-9.20180224.el8_8.1
fixed
ncurses-devel
RHEL 8
0:6.1-9.20180224.el8_8.1
fixed
RHEL 8.6 AUS
0:6.1-9.20180224.el8_6.1
fixed
RHEL 8.6 E4S
0:6.1-9.20180224.el8_6.1
fixed
RHEL 8.6 EUS
0:6.1-9.20180224.el8_6.1
fixed
RHEL 8.6 TUS
0:6.1-9.20180224.el8_6.1
fixed
RHEL 8.8 AUS
0:6.1-9.20180224.el8_8.1
fixed
RHEL 8.8 E4S
0:6.1-9.20180224.el8_8.1
fixed
RHEL 8.8 EUS
0:6.1-9.20180224.el8_8.1
fixed
RHEL 8.8 TUS
0:6.1-9.20180224.el8_8.1
fixed
RHEL 9
0:6.2-10.20210508.el9
fixed
ncurses-libs
RHEL 8
0:6.1-9.20180224.el8_8.1
fixed
RHEL 8.6 AUS
0:6.1-9.20180224.el8_6.1
fixed
RHEL 8.6 E4S
0:6.1-9.20180224.el8_6.1
fixed
RHEL 8.6 EUS
0:6.1-9.20180224.el8_6.1
fixed
RHEL 8.6 TUS
0:6.1-9.20180224.el8_6.1
fixed
RHEL 8.8 AUS
0:6.1-9.20180224.el8_8.1
fixed
RHEL 8.8 E4S
0:6.1-9.20180224.el8_8.1
fixed
RHEL 8.8 EUS
0:6.1-9.20180224.el8_8.1
fixed
RHEL 8.8 TUS
0:6.1-9.20180224.el8_8.1
fixed
RHEL 9
0:6.2-10.20210508.el9
fixed
ncurses-term
RHEL 8
0:6.1-9.20180224.el8_8.1
fixed
RHEL 8.6 AUS
0:6.1-9.20180224.el8_6.1
fixed
RHEL 8.6 E4S
0:6.1-9.20180224.el8_6.1
fixed
RHEL 8.6 EUS
0:6.1-9.20180224.el8_6.1
fixed
RHEL 8.6 TUS
0:6.1-9.20180224.el8_6.1
fixed
RHEL 8.8 AUS
0:6.1-9.20180224.el8_8.1
fixed
RHEL 8.8 E4S
0:6.1-9.20180224.el8_8.1
fixed
RHEL 8.8 EUS
0:6.1-9.20180224.el8_8.1
fixed
RHEL 8.8 TUS
0:6.1-9.20180224.el8_8.1
fixed
RHEL 9
0:6.2-10.20210508.el9
fixed
Common Weakness Enumeration
References
http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=eb51b1ea1f75a0ec17c9c5937cb28df1e8eeec56
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/19/10
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/19/11
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00004.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LU4MYMKFEZQ5VSCVLRIZGDQOUW3T44GT/
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://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/12/5
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/13/4
http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=eb51b1ea1f75a0ec17c9c5937cb28df1e8eeec56
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/19/10
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/19/11
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/12/msg00004.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LU4MYMKFEZQ5VSCVLRIZGDQOUW3T44GT/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LU4MYMKFEZQ5VSCVLRIZGDQOUW3T44GT/
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://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/12/5
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/13/4