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Debian dla-3167 : lib32ncurses-dev - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 166708

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3167 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3167-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Thorsten Alteholz October 29, 2022 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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 Package : ncurses Version : 6.1+20181013-2+deb10u3 CVE ID : CVE-2022-29458


 An issue has been found in ncurses, a collection of shared libraries for terminal handling.
 This issue is about an out-of-bounds read in convert_strings in the terminfo library.



 For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version 6.1+20181013-2+deb10u3.

 We recommend that you upgrade your ncurses packages.

 For the detailed security status of ncurses please refer to its security tracker page at:
 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/ncurses

 Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LT

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the lib32ncurses-dev packages.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/ncurses

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-29458

https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/ncurses

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 166708

File Name: debian_DLA-3167.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/30/2022

Updated: 1/22/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-29458

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libtinfo-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libtinfo6-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libncurses6, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ncurses-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libncursesw6-dbg, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ncurses-term, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libncursesw6, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libncurses5-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libncursesw5, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lib64ncurses-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lib32ncursesw6, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ncurses-bin, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lib64ncursesw6, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lib64tinfo6, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libtinfo5, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lib32ncurses-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libtinfo6, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ncurses-base, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lib64ncurses6, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libncurses6-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lib32tinfo6, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libncurses-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libncurses5, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libncursesw5-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ncurses-examples, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lib32ncurses6

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/29/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/18/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-29458