{"id":"ALSA-2023:6698","summary":"Moderate: ncurses security and bug fix update","details":"The ncurses (new curses) library routines are a terminal-independent method of updating character screens with reasonable optimization. The ncurses packages contain support utilities including a terminfo compiler tic, a decompiler infocmp, clear, tput, tset, and a termcap conversion tool captoinfo.\n\nSecurity Fix(es):\n\n* ncurses: Local users can trigger security-relevant memory corruption via malformed data (CVE-2023-29491)\n\nFor more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.\n\nAdditional Changes:\n\nFor detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.","modified":"2026-02-04T02:56:09.576007Z","published":"2023-11-07T00:00:00Z","related":["CVE-2023-29491"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6698"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-29491"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2191704"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2023-6698.html"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"ncurses","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:9","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/ncurses"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.2-10.20210508.el9"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux9/ALSA-2023:6698.json"}},{"package":{"name":"ncurses-base","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:9","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/ncurses-base"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.2-10.20210508.el9"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux9/ALSA-2023:6698.json"}},{"package":{"name":"ncurses-c++-libs","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:9","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/ncurses-c%2B%2B-libs"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.2-10.20210508.el9"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux9/ALSA-2023:6698.json"}},{"package":{"name":"ncurses-devel","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:9","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/ncurses-devel"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.2-10.20210508.el9"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux9/ALSA-2023:6698.json"}},{"package":{"name":"ncurses-libs","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:9","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/ncurses-libs"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.2-10.20210508.el9"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux9/ALSA-2023:6698.json"}},{"package":{"name":"ncurses-term","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:9","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/ncurses-term"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.2-10.20210508.el9"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux9/ALSA-2023:6698.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}