Moderate: ncurses security update. {"type": "TYPE_SECURITY", "shortCode": "RL", "name": "RLSA-2026:5913", "synopsis": "Moderate: ncurses security update", "severity": "SEVERITY_MODERATE", "topic": "An update is available for ncurses.\nThis update affects Rocky Linux 10.\nA Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE list", "description": "The ncurses (new curses) library routines are a terminal-independent method of updating character screens with reasonable optimization. The ncurses packages contain support utilities including a terminfo compiler tic, a decompiler infocmp, clear, tput, tset, and a termcap conversion tool captoinfo.\n\nSecurity Fix(es):\n\n* ncurses: ncurses: Buffer overflow vulnerability may lead to arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2025-69720)\n\nFor more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.", "solution": null, "affectedProducts": ["Rocky Linux 10"], "fixes": [{"ticket": "2449037", "sourceBy": "Red Hat", "sourceLink": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2449037", "description": ""}], "cves": [{"name": "CVE-2025-69720", "sourceBy": "MITRE", "sourceLink": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-69720", "cvss3ScoringVector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "cvss3BaseScore": "7.8", "cwe": "CWE-120"}], "references": [], "publishedAt": "2026-04-09T12:07:05.484110Z", "rpms": {"Rocky Linux 10": {"nvras": ["ncurses-devel-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.s390x.rpm", "ncurses-libs-debuginfo-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.s390x.rpm", "ncurses-base-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.noarch.rpm", "ncurses-debugsource-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.s390x.rpm", "ncurses-libs-debuginfo-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.ppc64le.rpm", "ncurses-c++-libs-debuginfo-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.ppc64le.rpm", "ncurses-c++-libs-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.x86_64.rpm","ncurses-c++-libs-debuginfo-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.s390x.rpm", "ncurses-libs-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.x86_64.rpm", "ncurses-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.src.rpm", "ncurses-libs-debuginfo-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.aarch64.rpm", "ncurses-debugsource-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.ppc64le.rpm", "ncurses-c++-libs-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.ppc64le.rpm", "ncurses-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.x86_64.rpm", "ncurses-devel-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.x86_64.rpm", "ncurses-debuginfo-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.x86_64.rpm", "ncurses-devel-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.ppc64le.rpm", "ncurses-debuginfo-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.s390x.rpm", "ncurses-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.s390x.rpm", "ncurses-c++-libs-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.aarch64.rpm", "ncurses-term-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.noarch.rpm", "ncurses-libs-debuginfo-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.x86_64.rpm", "ncurses-debuginfo-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.aarch64.rpm", "ncurses-c++-libs-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.s390x.rpm", "ncurses-debuginfo-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.ppc64le.rpm", "ncurses-debugsource-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.x86_64.rpm", "ncurses-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.aarch64.rpm", "ncurses-libs-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.ppc64le.rpm", "ncurses-libs-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.s390x.rpm", "ncurses-c++-libs-debuginfo-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.aarch64.rpm", "ncurses-devel-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.aarch64.rpm", "ncurses-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.ppc64le.rpm", "ncurses-c++-libs-debuginfo-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.x86_64.rpm", "ncurses-debugsource-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.aarch64.rpm", "ncurses-libs-0:6.4-15.20240127.el10_1.aarch64.rpm"]}}, "rebootSuggested": false, "buildReferences": []}. Learn about a moderate ncurses security advisory affecting Rocky Linux 10, addressing buffer overflow risks.. ncurses update, Rocky Linux, buffer overflow fix. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
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