CVE-2023-50495
First published: Tue Dec 12 2023(Updated: )
NCurse is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a segmentation fault in the _nc_wrap_entry(). By persuading a victim to open a specially crafted content, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Invisible-island Ncurse | =6.4-20230418 | |
| ubuntu/ncurses | <6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1+ | 6.1-1ubuntu1.18.04.1+ |
| ubuntu/ncurses | <5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+ | 5.9+20140118-1ubuntu1+ |
| ubuntu/ncurses | <6.4+20230625-1 | 6.4+20230625-1 |
| ubuntu/ncurses | <6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+ | 6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+ |
| debian/ncurses | <=6.1+20181013-2+deb10u2<=6.1+20181013-2+deb10u5<=6.2+20201114-2+deb11u2<=6.4-4 | 6.4+20240414-1 |
| IBM Cognos Analytics | <=12.0.0-12.0.3 | |
| IBM Cognos Analytics | <=11.2.0-11.2.4 FP4 |
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Reference Links
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LU4MYMKFEZQ5VSCVLRIZGDQOUW3T44GT/
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2023-04/msg00020.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2023-04/msg00029.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240119-0008/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LU4MYMKFEZQ5VSCVLRIZGDQOUW3T44GT/
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2023-50495
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6684-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-50495
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-50495
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-50495
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-50495
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7177223 (Advisory)
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