ncurses: Multiple Vulnerabilities — GLSA 202408-19

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in ncurses, the worst of which could lead to a denial of service.

Affected packages

sys-libs/ncurses on all architectures
Affected versions < 6.4_p20230408
Unaffected versions >= 6.4_p20230408
sys-libs/ncurses-compat on all architectures
Affected versions < 6.4_p20240330
Unaffected versions >= 6.4_p20240330

Background

Free software emulation of curses in System V.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in ncurses. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All ncurses users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-libs/ncurses-6.4_p20230408"
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-libs/ncurses-compat-6.4_p20240330"
 

References

Release date
August 09, 2024

Latest revision
August 09, 2024: 1

Severity
normal

Exploitable
remote

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