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Gentoo GLSA-202408-19: Normal Severity ncurses Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey August 9, 2024
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Several flaws found in ncurses could result in a denial of service. Users impacted are advised to apply upgrades.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in ncurses, the worst of which could lead to a denial of service.

Summary

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

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo ncurses normal severity

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

[ 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

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202408-19
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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.

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

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo ncurses normal severity

Synopsis

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

Background

Free software emulation of curses in System V.

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Affected Packages

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

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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