CVE-2023-45918 Affecting ncurses-libs package, versions <0:6.0-8.20170212.amzn2.1.8


medium

Snyk CVSS

      Threat Intelligence

      EPSS 0.04% (9th percentile)
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    3.3 low

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    • Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN2-NCURSESLIBS-6371106
    • published 5 Mar 2024
    • disclosed 16 Feb 2024

    How to fix?

    Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 ncurses-libs to version 0:6.0-8.20170212.amzn2.1.8 or higher.
    This issue was patched in ALAS2-2024-2482.

    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.

    ncurses 6.4-20230610 has a NULL pointer dereference in tgetstr in tinfo/lib_termcap.c.