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CentOS Linux 7 [TuxCare] Security Update: ncurses / ncurses-base / ncurses-devel / ncurses-libs / etc (CENTOS7:CLSA-2024:1716272110)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 360631

Synopsis

The CentOS Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The CentOS Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the TuxCare CENTOS7:CLSA-2024:1716272110 advisory.

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

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages based on the guidance in TuxCare advisory CENTOS7:CLSA-2024:1716272110.

See Also

https://cve.tuxcare.com/els/releases/CLSA-2024:1716272110

http://www.nessus.org/u?14d5cc42

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 360631

File Name: tuxcare_centos_7_CLSA-2024-1716272110.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-50495

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list, Host/OS/extended-third-party

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/21/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/13/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-50495

CLSA: 2024:1716272110