CVE-2023-50495 (Medium) detected in ncursesncurses-6.5

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CVE-2023-50495 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - ncursesncurses-6.5

Gnu Distributions

Library home page: https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ncurses?wsslib=ncurses

Found in HEAD commit: 816463d989cc5839c1cca2efb5bf2503408507fb

Found in base branches: stable/3.2, master

Vulnerable Source Files (2)

/contrib/ncurses/ncurses/tinfo/parse_entry.c /contrib/ncurses/ncurses/tinfo/parse_entry.c

Vulnerability Details

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

Publish Date: 2023-12-12

URL: CVE-2023-50495

CVSS 3 Score Details (6.5)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: Required
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: None
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2023-04/msg00029.html

Release Date: 2023-12-12

Fix Resolution: v6.4-20230424

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