Summary
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.
Security Fix(es):
* ncurses: Local users can trigger security-relevant memory corruption via malformed data (CVE-2023-29491)
For 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.
Fixed packages 7
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux · 8 | ncurses | 6.1-9.20180224.el8_8.1 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | ncurses-base | 6.1-9.20180224.el8_8.1 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | ncurses-c++-libs | 6.1-9.20180224.el8_8.1 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | ncurses-compat-libs | 6.1-9.20180224.el8_8.1 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | ncurses-devel | 6.1-9.20180224.el8_8.1 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | ncurses-libs | 6.1-9.20180224.el8_8.1 |
| AlmaLinux · 8 | ncurses-term | 6.1-9.20180224.el8_8.1 |
Vulnerabilities 1
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Unscored —
ncurses before 6.4 20230408, when used by a setuid application, allows local users to trigger security-relevant memory …