RLSA-2021:4426
- Source
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2021:4426
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2021:4426.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/RLSA-2021:4426
- Related
- Published
- 2021-11-09T09:21:17Z
- Modified
- 2023-02-02T12:52:03.171656Z
- Severity
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- 5.4 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- Moderate: ncurses security update
- Details
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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 ncfindentry function in tinfo/comphash.c (CVE-2019-17594)
ncurses: heap-based buffer overflow in the fmtentry function in tinfo/comphash.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.
- References
- Credits
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- Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation
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- Red Hat
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Affected packages
Rocky Linux:8 / ncurses
Package
- Name
- ncurses
- Purl
- pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/ncurses?distro=rocky-linux-8&epoch=0