Product Errata

RLSA-2021:4426

Moderate: ncurses security update

Topic

An update is available for ncurses.

This update affects Rocky Linux 8.

A 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.

Security Fix(es):

* ncurses: heap-based buffer overflow in the _nc_find_entry function in tinfo/comp_hash.c (CVE-2019-17594)

* ncurses: heap-based buffer overflow in the fmt_entry function in tinfo/comp_hash.c (CVE-2019-17595)

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.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Rocky Linux 8.5 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Issued: 11/9/2021

Type: Security

Severity: Moderate

Affected Product

  • Rocky Linux 8

References

  • No references