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Out-of-Bounds Affecting ncurses-libs package, versions <0:6.0-8.20170212.amzn2.1.4

0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.86% (83rd percentile)
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NVD
8.8 high
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SUSE
6.2 medium
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Red Hat
5.5 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN2-NCURSESLIBS-3160061
  • published 7 Dec 2022
  • disclosed 20 Sep 2021
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Introduced: 20 Sep 2021

CVE-2021-39537 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-119 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 ncurses-libs to version 0:6.0-8.20170212.amzn2.1.4 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2022-1893.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ncurses-libs package and not the ncurses-libs package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in ncurses through v6.2-1. _nc_captoinfo in captoinfo.c has a heap-based buffer overflow.