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ncurses: Fix of 2 CVEs
Type: advisorySources: OSV
- CVE-2023-29491.patch: Mitigate vulnerability by building the packages with modified --disable-root-environ option which now limits usage of environment for setuid/setgid programs only - CVE-2021-39537.patch: Add a check for end-of-string in cvtchar to handle a malformed string in infotocap
- Products
- ncurses, ncurses-base, ncurses-devel, ncurses-libs, ncurses-static, ncurses-term
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 5.9-14.20130511.el7_4.tuxcare.els1
- CVEs
- CVE-2021-39537, CVE-2023-29491
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 13:54 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
- CVE-2023-29491.patch: Mitigate vulnerability by building the packages with modified --disable-root-environ option which now limits usage of environment for setuid/setgid programs only - CVE-2021-39537.patch: Add a check for end-of-string in cvtchar to handle a malformed string in infotocap
osv:CLSA-2024-1710789286
ncurses
Fixed versions: 5.9-14.20130511.el7_4.tuxcare.els1
ncurses-base
Fixed versions: 5.9-14.20130511.el7_4.tuxcare.els1
ncurses-devel
Fixed versions: 5.9-14.20130511.el7_4.tuxcare.els1
ncurses-libs
Fixed versions: 5.9-14.20130511.el7_4.tuxcare.els1
ncurses-static
Fixed versions: 5.9-14.20130511.el7_4.tuxcare.els1
ncurses-term
Fixed versions: 5.9-14.20130511.el7_4.tuxcare.els1
Complete source record
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