Gentoo: GLSA-202101-28 Normal Severity: ncurses Denial of Service
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January 25, 2021
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in ncurses, the worst of which could result in a Denial of Service condition.
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in ncurses. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Resolution
All ncurses users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/ncurses-6.2"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2019-17594 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17594 [ 2 ] CVE-2019-17595 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17595
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-28
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Concerns
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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Severity: Normal
Title: ncurses: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: January 26, 2021
Bugs: #698210
ID: 202101-28
Background
A console display library.
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Affected Packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 sys-apps/ncurses < 6.2 >= 6.2
Impact
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Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
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