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CVE-2023-50495 Affecting ncurses package, versions <6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm5

low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.05% (19th percentile)
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NVD
6.5 medium
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Red Hat
6.5 medium
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SUSE
5.5 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1604-NCURSES-6123872
  • published 6 Feb 2024
  • disclosed 12 Dec 2023
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Introduced: 12 Dec 2023

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How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 ncurses to version 6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1+esm5 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ncurses package and not the ncurses package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

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