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Amazon Linux 2 : ncurses (ALAS-2024-2482)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 191516
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Synopsis
The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.Description
The version of ncurses installed on the remote host is prior to 6.0-8.20170212. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2024-2482 advisory.- ncurses 6.4-20230610 has a NULL pointer dereference in tgetstr in tinfo/lib_termcap.c. (CVE-2023-45918)
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Run 'yum update ncurses' to update your system.See Also
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2024-2482.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 191516
File Name: al2_ALAS-2024-2482.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 3/5/2024
Updated: 11/1/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 3.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-45918
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.5
Temporal Score: 4.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ncurses-c%2b%2b-libs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ncurses-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ncurses-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ncurses-term, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ncurses, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ncurses-base, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ncurses-compat-libs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ncurses-libs, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ncurses-static
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 2/29/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/16/2024
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-45918