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Oracle Linux 8 : ncurses (ELSA-2023-5249)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 181684

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2023-5249 advisory.

 [6.1-9.20180224.1]
 - fix buffer overflow on terminfo with too many capabilities (CVE-2023-29491)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux 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

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2023-5249.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 181684

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2023-5249.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/20/2023

Updated: 11/2/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-29491

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.3

Threat Score: 8.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ncurses-base, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8::baseos_latest, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ncurses-c%2b%2b-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ncurses-libs, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ncurses, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8:8:baseos_patch, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ncurses-term, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ncurses-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:ncurses-compat-libs

Required KB Items: Host/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/local_checks_enabled

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/20/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/14/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-29491