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
=========
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
=========
There is no known workaround at this time.

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
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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?
========
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
[email protected] or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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belongs to its owner(s).

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