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CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: ncurses (CVE-2023-50495)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 212150

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-2023-50495 advisory.

 - NCurse v6.4-20230418 was discovered to contain a segmentation fault via the component _nc_wrap_entry().
 (CVE-2023-50495)

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-2023-50495

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 212150

File Name: mariner_CVE-2023-50495.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 12/7/2024

Updated: 12/7/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-50495

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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:microsoft:cbl-mariner:ncurses-compat, x-cpe:/o:microsoft:cbl-mariner, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:ncurses-libs, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:ncurses-term, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:ncurses, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:cbl-mariner:ncurses-devel

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/5/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/12/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-50495