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ALPINE-CVE-2023-29491
ALPINE-CVE-2023-29491
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH
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.
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.1
7.800000190734863
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.21 | ncurses | *, 0, 0 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | ncurses | 6.2_p20200906-r0, 0, 0 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | ncurses | 0, 0, 0 |
| Alpine:v3.17 | ncurses | 6.1_p20191228-r0, 6.1-r0, * |
| Alpine:v3.15 | ncurses | 5.8-r0, 5.7-r4, 5.7-r3 |
| Alpine:v3.19 | ncurses | 6.2, 0, 5.6-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | ncurses | 5.6-r0, 5.7-r0, 5.7-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | ncurses | *, 0, 0 |
| Alpine:v3.16 | ncurses | 6.2_p20210522-r0, 6.2_p20210515-r0, 6.2_p20210508-r0 |
Timeline
- Apr 14, 2023 CVE Published
- Aug 7, 2026 CVE Updated
- Aug 8, 2026 Distribution Patch