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RHEL 8 : ncurses (RHSA-2024:0416)
high Nessus Plugin ID 189541
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for ncurses.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:0416 advisory.The ncurses (new curses) library routines are a terminal-independent method of updating character screens with reasonable optimization. The ncurses packages contain support utilities including a terminfo compiler tic, a decompiler infocmp, clear, tput, tset, and a termcap conversion tool captoinfo.
Security Fix(es):
* ncurses: Local users can trigger security-relevant memory corruption via malformed data (CVE-2023-29491)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise 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 RHEL ncurses package based on the guidance in RHSA-2024:0416.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?e0dddf1a
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 189541
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-0416.nasl
Version: 1.2
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 1/25/2024
Updated: 6/3/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ncurses-compat-libs, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ncurses-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ncurses-base, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ncurses-c%2b%2b-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ncurses-term, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ncurses, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ncurses-devel
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 1/25/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/14/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-29491