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Amazon Linux 2023 : ncurses, ncurses-base, ncurses-c++-libs (ALAS2023-2024-554)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 191600

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2023 host is missing a security update.

Description

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2024-554 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 'dnf update ncurses --releasever 2023.3.20240304' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2023/ALAS-2024-554.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-45918.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 191600

File Name: al2023_ALAS2023-2024-554.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/6/2024

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-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ncurses-c%2b%2b-libs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ncurses-compat-libs-debuginfo, 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-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ncurses-libs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ncurses-libs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ncurses-static, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2023

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