Affected: AlmaLinux:8: ncurses, AlmaLinux:8: ncurses-base, AlmaLinux:8: ncurses-c++-libs, AlmaLinux:8: ncurses-compat-libs, AlmaLinux:8: ncurses-devel, AlmaLinux:8: ncurses-libs, AlmaLinux:8: ncurses-term

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 AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the _nc_find_entry function in tinfo/comp_hash.c in the terminfo library in ncurses before 6.1-20191012.

There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the _nc_find_entry function in tinfo/comp_hash.c in the terminfo library in ncurses before 6.1-20191012.

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Security update for ncurses

Security update for ncurses

Affected: Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS: ncurses, Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS: ncurses, Ubuntu:18.04:LTS: ncurses, Ubuntu:20.04:LTS: ncurses

There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the _nc_find_entry function in tinfo/comp_hash.c in the terminfo library in ncurses before 6.1-20191012.

Ein entfernter, anonymer, authentisierter oder lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Red Hat Enterprise Linux ausnutzen, um einen Cross-Site-Scripting-Angriff durchzuführen, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen, einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand herbeizuführen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, beliebigen Code auszuführen, Dateien zu manipulieren und einen nicht spezifizierten Angriff durchzuführen.