ALAS-2024-2380

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2023-50495  

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

ALAS-2024-2380


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2024-2380
Advisory Release Date: 2024-01-03 21:04 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2024-01-09 17:59 Pacific
Severity: Medium

Issue Overview:

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


Affected Packages:

ncurses


Note:

This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.


Issue Correction:
"Run yum update ncurses to update your system.
"

New Packages:
aarch64:
    ncurses-6.0-8.20170212.amzn2.1.7.aarch64
    ncurses-libs-6.0-8.20170212.amzn2.1.7.aarch64
    ncurses-compat-libs-6.0-8.20170212.amzn2.1.7.aarch64
    ncurses-c++-libs-6.0-8.20170212.amzn2.1.7.aarch64
    ncurses-devel-6.0-8.20170212.amzn2.1.7.aarch64
    ncurses-static-6.0-8.20170212.amzn2.1.7.aarch64
    ncurses-debuginfo-6.0-8.20170212.amzn2.1.7.aarch64

i686:
    ncurses-6.0-8.20170212.amzn2.1.7.i686
    ncurses-libs-6.0-8.20170212.amzn2.1.7.i686
    ncurses-compat-libs-6.0-8.20170212.amzn2.1.7.i686
    ncurses-c++-libs-6.0-8.20170212.amzn2.1.7.i686
    ncurses-devel-6.0-8.20170212.amzn2.1.7.i686
    ncurses-static-6.0-8.20170212.amzn2.1.7.i686
    ncurses-debuginfo-6.0-8.20170212.amzn2.1.7.i686

noarch:
    ncurses-base-6.0-8.20170212.amzn2.1.7.noarch
    ncurses-term-6.0-8.20170212.amzn2.1.7.noarch

src:
    ncurses-6.0-8.20170212.amzn2.1.7.src

x86_64:
    ncurses-6.0-8.20170212.amzn2.1.7.x86_64
    ncurses-libs-6.0-8.20170212.amzn2.1.7.x86_64
    ncurses-compat-libs-6.0-8.20170212.amzn2.1.7.x86_64
    ncurses-c++-libs-6.0-8.20170212.amzn2.1.7.x86_64
    ncurses-devel-6.0-8.20170212.amzn2.1.7.x86_64
    ncurses-static-6.0-8.20170212.amzn2.1.7.x86_64
    ncurses-debuginfo-6.0-8.20170212.amzn2.1.7.x86_64