ALAS-2024-2482

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2023-45918  

ncurses 6.4-20230610 has a NULL pointer dereference in tgetstr in tinfo/lib_termcap.c. (CVE-2023-45918)

ALAS-2024-2482


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2024-2482
Advisory Release Date: 2024-02-29 10:03 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2024-03-04 12:00 Pacific
Severity: Medium

Issue Overview:

ncurses 6.4-20230610 has a NULL pointer dereference in tgetstr in tinfo/lib_termcap.c. (CVE-2023-45918)


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.amzn2.1.8.aarch64
    ncurses-libs-6.0-8.20170212.amzn2.1.8.aarch64
    ncurses-compat-libs-6.0-8.20170212.amzn2.1.8.aarch64
    ncurses-c++-libs-6.0-8.20170212.amzn2.1.8.aarch64
    ncurses-devel-6.0-8.20170212.amzn2.1.8.aarch64
    ncurses-static-6.0-8.20170212.amzn2.1.8.aarch64
    ncurses-debuginfo-6.0-8.20170212.amzn2.1.8.aarch64

i686:
    ncurses-6.0-8.20170212.amzn2.1.8.i686
    ncurses-libs-6.0-8.20170212.amzn2.1.8.i686
    ncurses-compat-libs-6.0-8.20170212.amzn2.1.8.i686
    ncurses-c++-libs-6.0-8.20170212.amzn2.1.8.i686
    ncurses-devel-6.0-8.20170212.amzn2.1.8.i686
    ncurses-static-6.0-8.20170212.amzn2.1.8.i686
    ncurses-debuginfo-6.0-8.20170212.amzn2.1.8.i686

noarch:
    ncurses-base-6.0-8.20170212.amzn2.1.8.noarch
    ncurses-term-6.0-8.20170212.amzn2.1.8.noarch

src:
    ncurses-6.0-8.20170212.amzn2.1.8.src

x86_64:
    ncurses-6.0-8.20170212.amzn2.1.8.x86_64
    ncurses-libs-6.0-8.20170212.amzn2.1.8.x86_64
    ncurses-compat-libs-6.0-8.20170212.amzn2.1.8.x86_64
    ncurses-c++-libs-6.0-8.20170212.amzn2.1.8.x86_64
    ncurses-devel-6.0-8.20170212.amzn2.1.8.x86_64
    ncurses-static-6.0-8.20170212.amzn2.1.8.x86_64
    ncurses-debuginfo-6.0-8.20170212.amzn2.1.8.x86_64