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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2021-39537): ncurses vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2021-39537): ncurses vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/20/2021
Created
03/29/2023
Added
03/22/2023
Modified
05/24/2023

Description

An issue was discovered in ncurses through v6.2-1. _nc_captoinfo in captoinfo.c has a heap-based buffer overflow.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-lib32ncurses5
  • ubuntu-upgrade-lib32ncurses6
  • ubuntu-upgrade-lib32ncursesw5
  • ubuntu-upgrade-lib32ncursesw6
  • ubuntu-upgrade-lib32tinfo5
  • ubuntu-upgrade-lib32tinfo6
  • ubuntu-upgrade-lib64ncurses5
  • ubuntu-upgrade-lib64ncurses6
  • ubuntu-upgrade-lib64ncursesw6
  • ubuntu-upgrade-lib64tinfo5
  • ubuntu-upgrade-lib64tinfo6
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libncurses5
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libncurses6
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libncursesw5
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libncursesw6
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libtinfo5
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libtinfo6
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libx32ncurses5
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libx32ncursesw5
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libx32tinfo5
  • ubuntu-upgrade-ncurses-bin

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