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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 201804-13
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 Severity: Normal
    Title: ncurses: Multiple vulnerabilities
     Date: April 17, 2018
     Bugs: #624644, #625830, #629276, #639706
       ID: 201804-13

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in ncurses, the worst of which
allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Background
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Free software emulation of curses in System V.

Affected packages
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     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
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  1  sys-libs/ncurses             < 6.1:0                    >= 6.1:0

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in ncurses. Please review
the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact
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A remote attacker, by enticing the user to process untrusted terminfo
or other data, could execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of
Service condition.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All ncurses users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-libs/ncurses-6.1:0"

References
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[  1 ] CVE-2017-10684
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10684
[  2 ] CVE-2017-10685
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10685
[  3 ] CVE-2017-11112
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11112
[  4 ] CVE-2017-11113
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11113
[  5 ] CVE-2017-13728
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13728
[  6 ] CVE-2017-13729
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13729
[  7 ] CVE-2017-13730
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13730
[  8 ] CVE-2017-13731
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13731
[  9 ] CVE-2017-13732
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13732
[ 10 ] CVE-2017-13733
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13733
[ 11 ] CVE-2017-13734
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13734
[ 12 ] CVE-2017-16879
       https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16879

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-13

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2018 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/