Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 923
Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 923

Debian 10 Buster DLA-3167-1 Moderate: ncurses Out-Of-Bounds Read Issue

debian lts
Calendar Grey October 29, 2022
Dist Debian Esm H88
Enhance the ncurses packages in Debian LTS to address a vital out-of-bounds read vulnerability.
An issue has been found in ncurses, a collection of shared libraries for terminal handling

Summary

An issue has been found in ncurses, a collection of shared libraries for
terminal handling.
This issue is about an out-of-bounds read in convert_strings in the
terminfo library.


For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version
6.1+20181013-2+deb10u3.

We recommend that you upgrade your ncurses packages.

For the detailed security status of ncurses please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/ncurses

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at:


Package: ncurses
Version: 6.1+20181013-2+deb10u3
CVE ID: CVE-2022-29458

Get the latest News and Insights

Get the latest Linux and open source security news straight to your inbox.

Your message here