Is CVE-2023-29491 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2023-29491 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2023-29491?

CVE-2023-29491 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2023-29491?

CVE-2023-29491 has an EPSS score of 0.92% (56th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2023-29491?

Upgrade ncurses on debian 11 to 6.2+20201114-2+deb11u2 or later. Fixes are available for 47 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2023-29491

HIGH

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write

How to fix

Remediation Available

ncursesDebian

Fixed in:6.2+20201114-2+deb11u2CVE-2023-29491

Fixed in:6.4-3CVE-2023-29491

ncursesRocky

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ncursesRed Hat / RHEL

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ncurses-baseRocky

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ncurses-baseRed Hat / RHEL

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ncurses-c++-libsRed Hat / RHEL

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ncurses-c++-libs-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

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ncurses-c++-libs-debuginfoRocky

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ncurses-compat-libsRed Hat / RHEL

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ncurses-compat-libs-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

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ncurses-compat-libs-debuginfoRocky

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ncurses-debuginfoRocky

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ncurses-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:6.1-9.20180224.el8_6.1RHSA-2024:0416

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ncurses-debugsourceRed Hat / RHEL

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ncurses-debugsourceRocky

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ncurses-develRocky

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ncurses-develRed Hat / RHEL

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ncurses-libsRed Hat / RHEL

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ncurses-libsRocky

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ncurses-libs-debuginfoRocky

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ncurses-libs-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

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ncurses-termRed Hat / RHEL

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ncurses-termRocky

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lib32ncurses5Ubuntu

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lib64ncursesw6Ubuntu

Fixed in:6.2-0ubuntu2.1USN-6099-1

Fixed in:6.3-2ubuntu0.1USN-6099-1

Fixed in:6.3+20220423-2ubuntu0.1USN-6099-1

Fixed in:6.4-2ubuntu0.1USN-6099-1

lib64tinfo5Ubuntu

Fixed in:5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm3USN-6099-1

Fixed in:6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm3USN-6099-1

Fixed in:6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1USN-6099-1

lib64tinfo6Ubuntu

Fixed in:6.2-0ubuntu2.1USN-6099-1

Fixed in:6.3-2ubuntu0.1USN-6099-1

Fixed in:6.3+20220423-2ubuntu0.1USN-6099-1

Fixed in:6.4-2ubuntu0.1USN-6099-1

libncurses5Ubuntu

Fixed in:5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm3USN-6099-1

Fixed in:6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm3USN-6099-1

Fixed in:6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1USN-6099-1

Fixed in:6.2-0ubuntu2.1USN-6099-1

Fixed in:6.3-2ubuntu0.1USN-6099-1

Fixed in:6.3+20220423-2ubuntu0.1USN-6099-1

Fixed in:6.4-2ubuntu0.1USN-6099-1

libncurses6Ubuntu

Fixed in:6.2-0ubuntu2.1USN-6099-1

Fixed in:6.3-2ubuntu0.1USN-6099-1

Fixed in:6.3+20220423-2ubuntu0.1USN-6099-1

Fixed in:6.4-2ubuntu0.1USN-6099-1

libncursesw5Ubuntu

Fixed in:5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm3USN-6099-1

Fixed in:6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm3USN-6099-1

Fixed in:6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1USN-6099-1

Fixed in:6.2-0ubuntu2.1USN-6099-1

Fixed in:6.3-2ubuntu0.1USN-6099-1

Fixed in:6.3+20220423-2ubuntu0.1USN-6099-1

Fixed in:6.4-2ubuntu0.1USN-6099-1

libncursesw6Ubuntu

Fixed in:6.2-0ubuntu2.1USN-6099-1

Fixed in:6.3-2ubuntu0.1USN-6099-1

Fixed in:6.3+20220423-2ubuntu0.1USN-6099-1

Fixed in:6.4-2ubuntu0.1USN-6099-1

libtinfo5Ubuntu

Fixed in:5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm3USN-6099-1

Fixed in:6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm3USN-6099-1

Fixed in:6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1USN-6099-1

Fixed in:6.2-0ubuntu2.1USN-6099-1

Fixed in:6.3-2ubuntu0.1USN-6099-1

Fixed in:6.3+20220423-2ubuntu0.1USN-6099-1

Fixed in:6.4-2ubuntu0.1USN-6099-1

libtinfo6Ubuntu

Fixed in:6.2-0ubuntu2.1USN-6099-1

Fixed in:6.3-2ubuntu0.1USN-6099-1

Fixed in:6.3+20220423-2ubuntu0.1USN-6099-1

Fixed in:6.4-2ubuntu0.1USN-6099-1

libx32ncurses5Ubuntu

Fixed in:5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm3USN-6099-1

Fixed in:6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm3USN-6099-1

Fixed in:6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1USN-6099-1

libx32ncursesw5Ubuntu

Fixed in:5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm3USN-6099-1

Fixed in:6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm3USN-6099-1

Fixed in:6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1USN-6099-1

libx32tinfo5Ubuntu

Fixed in:5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm3USN-6099-1

Fixed in:6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm3USN-6099-1

Fixed in:6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1USN-6099-1

ncursesUbuntu

Fixed in:5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm3USN-6099-1

Fixed in:6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm3USN-6099-1

Fixed in:6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1USN-6099-1

Fixed in:6.2-0ubuntu2.1USN-6099-1

Fixed in:6.3-2ubuntu0.1USN-6099-1

Fixed in:6.3+20220423-2ubuntu0.1USN-6099-1

Fixed in:6.4-2ubuntu0.1USN-6099-1

ncurses-binUbuntu

Fixed in:5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+esm3USN-6099-1

Fixed in:6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm3USN-6099-1

Fixed in:6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1USN-6099-1

Fixed in:6.2-0ubuntu2.1USN-6099-1

Fixed in:6.3-2ubuntu0.1USN-6099-1

Fixed in:6.3+20220423-2ubuntu0.1USN-6099-1

Fixed in:6.4-2ubuntu0.1USN-6099-1

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CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.92%probability of exploitation in 30 days

56thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 56% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch2

Exploit1

openwall.com

Mailing List1

openwall.com

Other references8

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