CVE-2023-29491: ncurses before 6.4 (exclusive); +15 more affected products

Affected technology

ncurses · before 6.4 (exclusive)
invisible-island

n/a · n/a
Vendor not specified by the source

SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP · V3.1.0 to before V3.1.5
Siemens

SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP · V3.1.0 to before V3.1.5
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SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP · V3.1.0 to before V3.1.5
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RUGGEDCOM ROX MX5000 · 0 to before V2.17.0
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RUGGEDCOM ROX MX5000RE · 0 to before V2.17.0
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RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1400 · 0 to before V2.17.0
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RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1500 · 0 to before V2.17.0
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RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1501 · 0 to before V2.17.0
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RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1510 · 0 to before V2.17.0
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RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1511 · 0 to before V2.17.0
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RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1512 · 0 to before V2.17.0
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RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1524 · 0 to before V2.17.0
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RUGGEDCOM ROX RX1536 · 0 to before V2.17.0
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RUGGEDCOM ROX RX5000 · 0 to before V2.17.0
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Component: Not specified by the source

Attack conditions (NVD, CVSS 3.1): Local · Low privileges required · No user interaction required

What an attacker can do

The source says ncurses before 6.4 20230408, when used by a setuid application, allows local users to trigger security-relevant memory corruption via malformed data in a terminfo database file that is found in $HOME/.terminfo or reached via the TERMINFO or TERM environment variable. NVD’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 7.8/10) rates confidentiality, integrity and availability impact as high.