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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 202408-19
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 Severity: Normal
    Title: ncurses: Multiple Vulnerabilities
     Date: August 09, 2024
     Bugs: #839351, #904247
       ID: 202408-19

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

Background
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Free software emulation of curses in System V.

Affected packages
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Package                  Vulnerable       Unaffected
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sys-libs/ncurses         < 6.4_p20230408  >= 6.4_p20230408
sys-libs/ncurses-compat  < 6.4_p20240330  >= 6.4_p20240330

Description
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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
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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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
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[ 1 ] CVE-2022-29458
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-29458
[ 2 ] CVE-2023-29491
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29491

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202408-19

Concerns?
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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.

License
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Copyright 2024 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5