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CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: ncurses (CVE-2022-29458)

high Nessus Plugin ID 172857

Synopsis

The remote CBL Mariner host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The version of ncurses installed on the remote CBL Mariner 2.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2022-29458 advisory.

 - ncurses 6.3 before patch 20220416 has an out-of-bounds read and segmentation violation in convert_strings in tinfo/read_entry.c in the terminfo library. (CVE-2022-29458)

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-29458

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 172857

File Name: mariner_ncurses_CVE-2022-29458.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 3/20/2023

Updated: 8/29/2023

Supported Sensors: 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:microsoft:cbl-mariner:ncurses, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:ncurses-compat, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:ncurses-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:ncurses-devel, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:ncurses-libs, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:ncurses-term, x-cpe:/o:microsoft:cbl-mariner

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/CBLMariner/release, Host/CBLMariner/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/12/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/12/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-29458