ncurses: Multiple vulnerabilities — GLSA 202101-28

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in ncurses, the worst of which could result in a Denial of Service condition.

Affected packages

sys-apps/ncurses on all architectures
Affected versions < 6.2
Unaffected versions >= 6.2

Background

A console display library.

Description

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-apps/ncurses-6.2"
 

References

Release date
January 26, 2021

Latest revision
January 26, 2021: 1

Severity
normal

Exploitable
remote

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